Thomas Eakins's The Gross Clinic was rejected from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition because __________.
A)it was in the style of Realism
B)of its expressive use of color
C)of the unfinished look of the painting
D)it depicted a surgical operation

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The Gross Clinic was rejected from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition because it depicted a surgical operation, which was considered too graphic and disturbing for public display at the time.

Thomas Eakins's the Gross Clinic Was Rejected from the 1876