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Gainsborough in London (Hardcover)
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Gainsborough in London (Hardcover)
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A fuller, richer picture of an artist at the height of his powers
Thomas Gainsborough's (1727-88) London years, from 1774 to 1788,
were the pinnacle and conclusion of his career. They coincided with
the establishment of the Royal Academy, of which Gainsborough was a
founding member, and the city's ascendance as a center for the
arts. This is a meticulously researched and readable account of how
Gainsborough designed his home and studio and maintained a growing
schedule of influential patrons, making a place for himself in the
art world of late-18th-century London. New material about
Gainsborough's technique is based on examinations of his pictures
and firsthand accounts by studio visitors. His fractious
relationship with the Royal Academy and its exhibition culture is
reexamined through the works he sent to its annual shows. The full
range of Gainsborough's art, from fashionable portraits to
landscapes and fancy pictures, is addressed in this major
contribution, not just to the study of a great artist, but to
18th-century studies in general. Distributed for Modern Art Press
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