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Gainsborough, Thomas (The Frick Collection, New York) A native of Suffolk, Gainsborough was trained in London in the milieu of Hogarth and the popular French rococo. He worked in Sudbury and Ipswich and rose to fame as a portrait painter in the fashionable resort of Bath. Gainsborough joined the Royal Academy as a founding member and in 1774 returned to London, where he became Reynolds’ major competitor. He later was patronized by the royal family. Although he claimed to prefer landscape painting to portraiture, Gainsborough excelled at capturing the likenesses of Georgian society. Works in the Collection: The Hon. Frances Duncombe, The Mall in St. James Park
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Books: The Art of Thomas Gainsborough : 'a Little Business for the Eye' by Michael Rosenthal, Thomas Gainsborough (Hardcover - March 2000)
This is the first comprehensive book on Gainsborough, presenting his entire career in the context of the issues facing him and his contemporaries. His art can be described as a mixture of neoclassical and romantic styles. He led English painting into its great period. Calling himself, " a wild goose at best," Gainsborough did not conform to the tradition of his time. Although he was one of the original member of the Royal Academy, he broke with them dramatically in 1768 because they would not hang his pictures the way he wanted. Although he is best known for his stunning portraits, his true love was landscape painting. He was an incredibly savvy businessman and became quite wealthy from his portraits. He and Sir Joshua Reynolds were quite competitive contemporaries, but they respected each other's work. While Reynold's was appointed the King's Principal painter, Gainsborough became a favorate painter of the royal family. This thorough and beautiful presentation of Gainsborough's life and work will fill a much needed gap in the literature for scholars and provide an accessible account for the lay audience interested in English art at its high point and British social history. Gainsborough (Colour Library) by Nicola Kalinsky, Thomas Gainsborough. Paperback (June 1995), The Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough by Malcolm Cormack. Paperback (April 1993)

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