An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew

$12.99 at Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Kathleen A. Foster (Author) and Mark Tucker (Author) Thomas Eakins is acknowledged as one of the preeminent American painters of the 19th century. As a young artist in 1875 he prepared a monumental painting for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia of Dr. Samuel D. Gross of Jefferson Medical College performing a surgery. Rejected by the selection committee for being too gruesome, The Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic) is hailed today as the artist's masterpiece. Purchased by the medical…