An English painter who painted portraits to earn his living and landscapes for his own personal pleasure.
He initially set up as a portrait painter in Sudbury and Ipswich but later moved to Bath where he soon found his patrons from influential Members of Society
Following his election as a founder Member of the Royal Academy he moved permanently to London where he very quickly became a Court favourite.
Although he was very much an individual painter his works were nevertheless influenced to a significant degree by other artists.
For example his early works reflect the influence of French engraving and Dutch landscaping painting whilst his veneration of van Dyck clearly shows in some of his works executed at Bath (the Blue Boy) and a touch of Rubens is hinted at in some of his later landscapes.
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Gainsborough, Thomas
Gainsborough
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