On this day 109 years ago, on June 25, 1916 (May 25, 1916 lunar calendar), American painter and photographer Tom Eakins died. Photo: Tom Eakins On June 25, 1916, American painter and photographer Tom Eakins died. Tom Eakins: American painter. Good at painting portraits, scenes of daily life, especially sports scenes. 1866-1869 Studied in Paris and 1870 went to Spain. He was criticized by the outside world for using mannequins in the classroom. Representative as a huge oil painting "Clinical Lectures in Surgery of Grouse" (1875). In his later years, he made a series of oil paintings depicting boxing matches. He was skilled in painting both the appearance and the inner essence. Huge oil painting "Clinical Lectures in Surgery of Grouse"