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Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA ( / ˈɡeɪnzbərə /; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, [1] he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. [2]
Thomas Gainsborough FRSA (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. He surpassed his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds to become the dominant British portraitist of the second half of the 18th century.
Thomas Gainsborough (baptized May 14, 1727, Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng.—died August 2, 1788, London) was a portrait and landscape painter, the most versatile English painter of the 18th century. Some of his early portraits show the sitters grouped in a landscape ( Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, c. 1750).
Thomas Gainsborough. 1727 - 1788. Image: Detail from Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter, about 1748. Gainsborough was, with Reynolds (his main rival), the leading portrait painter in England in the later 18th century.
Thomas Gainsborough achieved name and fame as the best-known English artist of the 18 th century for his outstanding innovations and techniques in both landscape and portraiture.
Thomas Gainsborough. British, 1727 - 1788. Biography. Works of Art. Artist Bibliography. Biography. Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, the youngest of the nine children of John Gainsborough and the sister of the Reverend Humphry Burroughs; he was baptized in Sudbury on 14 May 1727.
Jan 31, 2024 · Respected and established artist Thomas Gainsborough did not shy away from unconventional methods. His love for painting landscapes remained with him throughout his whole life, yet he was unable to paint them from nature after leaving his native Suffolk.
Thomas Gainsborough (; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century.
On 2nd August 1788, Thomas Gainsborough passed away. Widely regarded as one of the best portrait artists of the 18th century and a founder of the British landscape school of his century, his artistic legacy endures to this day.
Title: Wooded Upland Landscape. Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London) Date: probably 1783. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 47 3/8 x 58 1/8 in. (120.3 x 147.6 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of George A. Hearn, 1906. Accession Number: 06.1279. Learn more about this artwork. European Paintings at The Met.
