Thomas Gainsborough was born In Suffolk, England in a town called Sudbury. He was born on 14 May 1727 and his parents were John Gainsborough, who was a wool handler and weaver; his mother was Mary Gainsborough and Thomas had 10 siblings. He was interested in painting from an early age and during 1740 he studied in London with Hubert Gravelot, who was a pioneering artist in the Rococo art movement in England. Gainsborough also studied under William Hogarth. He had various commissions in his artistic career and painted portraits, landscapes, and loved animals. Gainsborough’s art style has been described as the beginning style that catalyzed Impressionism.