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The lure of likeness in Gainsborough's portraits.
Thomas Gainsborough's artistic reputation has fluctuated widely in the more than two centuries since his death, and each of the genres he practiced--portrait, landscape, and fancy picture (1)--has at one time or another been favored. Even within one genre, most notably portraiture, appraisals of Gainsborough's work by collectors, artists, and connoisseurs have varied markedly within short periods of time. In the years around 1900, with late Victorian taste still dominant, his portraits were prized for their evocation of a lost aristocratic world of elegant ladies, privileged children, and leisured gentlemen. The purchase in 1921 of his Jonathan Buttall: The blue Boy (Pl. ...
- The Blue Boy, by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Gainsborough's house. (artist Thomas Gainsborough)
- Magazine article from: History Today Cavendish, Richard October 1, 1995 700+ words
...if to record the scene. Gainsborough is far and away the most...in 1913. Not far away in Gainsborough Street is the house where...greatest Gainsboroughs - the Blue Boy and the Duchess of Devonshire...a year, is owned by the Gainsborough's House Society, a private...
- Thomas Gainsborough
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1995 700+ words
...Pastoral painter Thomas Gainsborough in a rare portrait of himself. Gainsborough is best known for the portrait Blue Boy, although his primary...portrait of himself. Gainsborough is best known for the portrait Blue Boy, although his primary...
- Gainsborough, Thomas
- Reference information from: World Encyclopedia January 1, 2005 700+ words
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–88) English portrait and landscape painter...use of colour. His portraits, such as Viscount Kilmorey (1768) and Blue Boy ( c. 1770), rivalled those of Sir Joshua Reynolds . Among his best...
- Thomas Gainsborough: artist of a changing world: Michael Rosenthal and Martin...
- Magazine article from: History Today Rosenthal, Michael Myrone, Martin November 1, 2002 700+ words
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH is one of Britain's best-loved...rural idyll. If we were to believe Gainsborough, as he presented himself in his...of his age little considered. But Gainsborough's art can be seen as expressing...
- Style and substance: Gainsborough: widely recognized and affectionately...
- Magazine article from: Art in America Tscherny, Nadia July 1, 2003 700+ words
...Washington, D.C., to view the Gainsborough exhibition at the National Gallery...works in the museum stacked up against Gainsborough's. As it turned out, this wasn...permanent British painting collection. The Gainsborough catalogue, edited by exhibition curators...
- Painter conveys rich personality; British artist Thomas Gainsborough painted...
- Magazine article from: Insight on the News Goode, Stephen March 18, 2003 700+ words
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) was one of those major...when he already was a famous painter Gainsborough told friends that his own father...apprenticed to a silver smith. The elder Gainsborough hoped that the boy's dexterity...
- Enlightened Male.("Gainsborough" is an exhibition of works of artist Thomas...
- Magazine article from: WWD Conti, Samantha December 30, 2002 700+ words
...many faces of legendary artist Thomas Gainsborough, who could make the folds of a noblewoman...The exhibition, simply called "Gainsborough," is the largest group of the artist...rooms in the museum, stretching from Gainsborough's teenage years in London, studying...
Source: HighBeam Research, The lure of likeness in Gainsborough's portraits.