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| Gainsborough (Thomas) (1727-1788) |
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| English painter of portraits, landscapes, and fancy pictures, one of the most individual geniuses in British art. He was born at Sudbury, Suffolk, and went to London in about 1740. He returned to Sudbury in 1748 and in 1752 he set up as a portrait painter at Ipswich. His patrons were the merchants of the town and the local squires, but when in 1759 he moved to Bath, his new sitters were members of Society, and he developed a free and elegant mode of painting seen at its most characteristic in full-length portraits. In 1768 he was elected a foundation member of the Royal Academy, and in 1774 he moved permanently to London. |
Whilst in London he further developed the personal style he had evolved at Bath, working with light and rapid brush-strokes and delicate and evanescent colors. He became a favorite painter of the Royal Family, even though his rival Reynolds was appointed King's Principal Painter. Gainsborough sometimes said that while portraiture was his profession landscape painting was his pleasure, and he continued to paint landscapes long after he had left the country. In later years he also painted fancy pictures of pastoral subjects. The Getty Museum |
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The Gainsborough Collection: "Autumn Landscape" by Gainsborough (Thomas) Code: NWHCM_1951_131 Fine art Giclee canvas print wrap on 5/8" stretchers. Canvas size 24" (609.6mm) wide x depth in pro. £74.00 (Inc.VAT). UK Postage & packing + £10.00. |
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