Gainsborough

Author: Nicola Kalinsky

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Price : $11.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780714831787
Publisher : Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint : Phaidon Press Ltd
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Weight (g) : 0.567
Publication date : 31 October 2009
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Nicola Kalinsky
Series : Phaidon Colour Library
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Dewey classification : 759.2
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Pages : 128
BIC subject : Individual artists; Painting & paintings; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900
Illustrations : 48 colour and 42 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography
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Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most brilliant and original portrait painters of the 18th-century, surpassing his great rival Reynolds with his abilty to capture a likeness and his superb handling of the paint. He was also a talented and sensitive landscape painter and has been hailed as the father of the British landscape school, paving the way for artists such as Constable and Turner. This book analyzes Gainsborough's technique and subject matter, and explores his artistic environment, his important contemporaries and issues such as the patronage of artists in 18th-century England. This book contains a survey of Gainsborough's most famous works, including "Mr and Mrs Andrews" and "The Blue Boy".

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Nicola Kalinsky is curator of the College Art Collections at University College, London. She was previously Keeper at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, where she co-authored catalogues on Gainsborough (1998) and Le Brun (1990).

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