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The Blue Boy, oil painting created by English artist Thomas Gainsborough about 1770. The full-length portrait is one of the most recognized paintings in art history.. This dazzling portrait won great acclaim when it was first exhibited in 1770, cementing Gainsborough’s reputation as one of the finest painters of his day.
14 de oct. de 2023 · Gainsborough painted The Blue Boy, an oil on canvas, around 1770 and drew inspiration from the 17th century Flemish painter Van Dyck and his Portrait of Charles, Lord Strange. Paying careful attention to his subjects and the fine details of their features and expressions, Gainsborough also believed in using the surrounding backdrop to set the scene for their mood and character.
25 de ene. de 2022 · The Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough's famous oil painting, has gone on display at the National Gallery, 100 years after it was bought and shipped to the US by an American businessman.
Jonathan Buttall, who sat for Gainsborough's The Blue Boy, was the son of the artist's acquaintance, a wealthy hardware merchant. It was the model's expression of independence and personal significance that attracted the artist. Subsequently, the grown up Jonathan collected Gainsborough's drawings, they became friends.
The Blue Boy (1769/1770, dt. Knabe in Blau ) ist ein Ölgemälde von Thomas Gainsborough , das sich im Besitz der Huntington Collections in San Marino , Kalifornien , befindet. Das Bild zählt heute – neben dem Morning Walk und dem Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher (beide 1785) – zu den weltweit bekanntesten Werken Gainsboroughs.
27 de ago. de 2020 · The Blue Boy (1779) is a full-length portrait in oil by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Perhaps Gainsborough's most famous work, it is thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttall (1752–1805), the son of a wealthy hardware merchant, although this has never been proven.
25 de ene. de 2022 · Room 46. In the winter of 1922, Gainsborough’s ‘The Blue Boy’ hung at the Gallery for three weeks before it sailed across the Atlantic to its new home in California. It was a public farewell to a beloved painting. 100 years later (to the day), Gainsborough’s masterpiece returns to the Gallery to go on display in Trafalgar Square once again.
