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Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough nació en Sudbury, Suffolk, en 1727. Desde temprana edad mostró grandes habilidades artísticas, por lo que a los trece años fue enviado a estudiar a Londres con el pintor y grabador francés Hubert François Gravelot, quien había sido discípulo del gran pintor francés Antoine Watteau.
Thomas Gainsborough died of cancer on August 2, 1788, at the age of 61. While on his deathbed he reconciled with Reynolds, his longtime rival. In a letter to him, the artist expressed his admiration and respect for the painter and his work. After his death, Reynolds wrote that the Royal Academy has lost ‘one of its greatest ornaments’.
Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, the youngest of the nine children of John Gainsborough and the sister of the Reverend Humphry Burroughs; he was baptized in Sudbury on 14 May 1727. He attended Sudbury Grammar School, of which his maternal uncle was the master. He took to sketching at an early age, and when he was thirteen ...
About Thomas Gainsborough. Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) was born in Sudbury, Suffolk to John and Mary Gainsborough, the youngest of nine children. As a boy, Gainsborough displayed an early talent for drawing and painting, spending much of his childhood sketching in the woods and fields surrounding Sudbury.
Gainsborough, Thomas. (Sudbury, Suffolk, 1727-Londres, 1788). Pintor y grabador británico. Es, junto a Joshua Reynolds, el retratista más importante y uno de los intérpretes más destacados del paisaje de la pintura inglesa. Nace en el seno de una familia de comerciantes y en 1740 es enviado por su padre a Londres.
Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes.
Biografia. Thomas Gainsborough nacque a Sudbury, nel Suffolk, il 14 maggio 1727.Figlio del mercante di tessuti John, e di Mary, sorella del reverendo Humphrey Burroughs, nonché fratello del ministro, inventore ed ingegnere Humphrey Gainsborough trascorse la fanciullezza insieme ai fratelli John e Humphrey in quella che oggi è la Gainsborough's House: già dai primi anni respirò un'atmosfera ...
