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The Blue Boy painting is a heavily-used prop in the 1929 Laurel and Hardy comedy Wrong Again. The painting is also referenced in the movie Coraline as a portrait in the Pink Palace's hearth room.
Nov 25, 2021 · The Blue Boy was painted by the United Kingdom artist, Thomas Gainsborough in 1770. It is an oil on canvas painting standing almost at full-length in size. It is now housed at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden in San Marino, California.
Feb 4, 2022 · The famed 1770 portrait of an English child in a resplendent blue satin doublet and breeches has long been the star attraction of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in...
The Blue Boy. Thomas Gainsborough’s (1727–1788) iconic painting was first shown in public in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1770 as A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, where it received high acclaim, and by 1798 it was being called “The Blue Boy”—a nickname that stuck.
The Blue Boy, oil painting created by English artist Thomas Gainsborough about 1770. The full-length portrait is one of the most recognized paintings in art history.
Dec 23, 2021 · One hundred years ago, Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (1770) became the most expensive painting in the world when American collectors Henry and Arabella Huntington purchased the masterpiece for the then unheard-of sum of $728,000.
Jan 21, 2022 · A record number of visitors queued outside the National Gallery in January 1922, despite the drizzly conditions, to see a single painting: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy (c 1770).
