Contributions

  • Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, contributor - Contributor
  • J. Paul Getty Museum - Contributor

Publication

2021 - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Word Count

35,750 words, Guess

Page Count

143 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC709.2
  • LCCND497.G2 L58 2021

Description

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was a leading English landscape and portrait painter, draftsman, and printmaker who is now considered one of the most important British artists of the eighteenth century. This volume illuminates his life, career, personality, and passions through three diverse character sketches by Philip Thicknesse, an eccentric British adventurer, businessman, and writer; William Jackson, an artist and close friend to Gainsborough; and Sir Joshua Reynolds, an English portrait painter and the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. An obituary published shortly after Gainsborough's death lends insight into the artist's impact. An introduction by Anthony Mould, a British art dealer and independent scholar, offers an overview of Gainsborough's life and career.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Lives of the artists
  • Lives of the artists (Pallas Athene (Firm))

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