Tag: Gainsborough

Conversation in a Park (1746-1748)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park (Gainsborough and his wife?) c.1746–1748 Oil on canvas, 73 × 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An early example of a conversation piece by Gainsborough. Often compared with Gainsborough‘s drawn portrait, from the same…

Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough

(1728–1798) Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr Margaret in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London     Gainsborough, Thomas…

Seashore with Fishermen (1781-1782)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Seashore with Fishermen 1781–1782 Oil on canvas, 101.9 x 127.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Gainsborough‘s landscapes are highly personal statements that evolved from ideas and images he developed in his studio, either directly on canvas or…

Mountain Landscape with Bridge (1783-1784)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mountain Landscape with Bridge 1783–1784 Oil on canvas, 113 x 133.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A river winds through forest-green trees and vegetation between rolling hills and mountains extending into the deep distance under a pale,…

Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir (c.1782-1783)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir c.1782–1783 Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 91 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gainsborough collected and was inspired by Dutch landscape painting. In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out…

Cottage Children (1787)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers) 1787 Oil on canvas, 147.6 x 120.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Well-to-do art collectors of the eighteenth century enjoyed “fancy pictures” such as this, which provided an idealized and sentimental…

Portrait of Sarah Buxton (c.1776-1777)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…