was there a relation between the sculptor and the painter?
Eakins felt a strong affinity toward Rush and so he painted two versions of a scene showing Rush carving his "Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River".
William Rush
Painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) felt a strong affinity toward Rush. As the 1876 Centennial Exposition approached, he painted two versions of a scene showing Rush carving his "Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River" ("Water Nymph and Bittern").
what is the swimming hole? It is a painting by whom? Thomas Eakins when was it painted? 1884–85 where is the painting today? In the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art can you please describe the painting? It shows Eakins and five friends or students bathing at Dove Lake, an artificial lake in Mill Creek outside Philadelphia. has he created more paintings? Yes,  "The Gross Clinic", "William Rush"  and a few others. can you please describe the first one? It is based on a surgery witnessed by Eakins, in which Dr. Gross treated a young man for osteomyelitis of the femur. when was it painted? 1875 does it exist today? Yes, it has been been restored and preserved. where is it located? Philadelphia Museum of Art when was the second painting made? UNANSWERABLE where is it located? UNANSWERABLE who was he? A U.S. neoclassical sculptor what sculptures has he made? "Comedy" and "Tragedy", "Agriculture" and "Commerce" and "Water Nymph and Bittern"
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William Rush [SEP] Eakins and Rush
Painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) felt a strong affinity toward Rush. As the 1876 Centennial Exposition approached, he painted two versions of a scene showing Rush carving his "Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River" ("Water Nymph and Bittern"). Eakins's portrayal of Rush using a nude model may not have been historically accurate, but it was important to the painter, who made many preparatory sketches and even sculpted miniature wax figures of the people and statues in the paintings. Late in life, Eakins returned to the subject, beginning (but not completing) two versions of Rush with a nude model. In one of his final paintings, created almost exactly a century after Rush's carving of "Water Nymph and Bittern", Eakins seems to have portrayed himself as Rush.