Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough FRSA (1727 – 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. The works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gained greater satisfaction from his landscapes. He is credited (with Richard Wilson) as the originator of the 18th-century British landscape school. Gainsborough was a founding member of the Royal Academy.

    Gainsborough's enthusiasm for landscapes is shown in the way he merged figures of the portraits with the scenes behind them. He said, ""I am sick of portraits and wish very much to take my viol-da-gam and walk off to some sweet village, where I can paint landskips (sic) and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness & ease."" His landscapes were often painted at night by candlelight, using a tabletop arrangement of stones, pieces of mirrors, broccoli, and the like as a model. His later work was characterised by a light palette and easy, economical strokes.

      Periods: Rococo, Renaissance, Romanticism.

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        1. Gainsborough - River Landscape - 120X85cm Hand Painted Art Reproductions
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        2. Gainsborough - Seashore With Fishermen - 120X95cm Hand Painted Picture
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        3. Gainsborough - Two Monks Reading - 80X90cm Hand Painted Oil Canvas Artwork
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        5. Gainsborough - Edward Augustus Duke Of Kent - 90X120cm Hand-Painted Canvas Art
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        6. Gainsborough - Watering Place - 120X95cm Hand Painted Oil Canvas Artwork
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        7. Gainsborough - Road From Market - 120X85cm Hand-Painted Art on Canvas
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        8. Gainsborough - Mrs Richards - 75X90cm Hand Painted Oil Paintings Reproduction
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        10. Gainsborough - Charles Rousseau Burney - 75X90cm Handmade Oil Painting
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        11. Gainsborough - Woman - 105X120cm Oil Paintings - Hand Painted Artwork
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        12. Gainsborough - Lady Alston - 75X90cm Hand Painted Reproduction Art
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        13. Gainsborough - Mrs Graham - 80X120cm Hand Painted Pictures
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        14. Gainsborough - William Pitt - 75X90cm Hand Painted Oil Canvas Artwork
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        15. Gainsborough - Master John Heathcote - 95X120cm Hand Painted Picture
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        16. Gainsborough - Mall In St James's Park - 120X100cm Hand Painted Picture
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        17. Gainsborough - Thomas Linley The Younger - 75X90cm Hand-Painted Art on Canvas
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        19. Gainsborough - David Garrick Actor - 75X90cm Handmade Oil Painting
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