Lives of Gainsborough
By: Philip Thicknesse, William Jackson, Sir Joshua Reynolds ; introduced by Anthony Mould
Contributors: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, contributor; J. Paul Getty Museum
Series: Lives of the artists; Lives of the artists (Pallas Athene (Firm))
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781606066645
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Painters; Biography
Description: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was a leading English landscape and portrait painter, draftsman, and printmaker who is now considered one of the most important British artists of the eighteenth century. This volume illuminates his life, career, personality, and passions through three diverse character sketches by Philip Thicknesse, an eccentric British adventurer, businessman, and writer; William Jackson, an artist and close friend to Gainsborough; and Sir Joshua Reynolds, an English portrait painter and the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. An obituary published shortly after Gainsborough's death lends insight into the artist's impact. An introduction by Anthony Mould, a British art dealer and independent scholar, offers an overview of Gainsborough's life and career.
Table of contents: title: A sketch of the life and paintings of Thomas Gainsborough / Philip Thicknesse; title: Character of Gainsborough / William Jackson; title: Character of Gainsborough: his excellencies and defects / Sir Joshua Reynolds.