Thomas Gainsborough counts among the most important English painters of the 18th century. Born on 14 May 1727 in Sudbury, Sussex, the son of a cloth merchant was a nonconformist in artistic terms, which was one reason why he made his breakthrough relatively late. He had a difficult relationship with the Royal Academy of Arts, because he rejected the traditional continental painting style preferred by them and opposed the sober, academically influenced painting style with his concept of sensitivity (empathy).
Thomas Gainsborough was of the opinion that the viewer of a painting must be able to grasp the motifs depicted even without previous knowledge. To achieve this, he used an unusual colour scheme, natural scenery and a contrast between the main motif and the background. Joshua Reynolds about the fact that the colour blue could also be used centrally in a painting.
Thomas Gainsborough died of cancer on 2 August 1788 in London.
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.jpg "Portrait of Walwyn Graves of Mickleton Manor, Gloucestershire by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "A River Landscape with Rustic Lovers, a Mounted Herdsman Driving Cattle and Sheep over a Bridge with a Ruined Castle Beyond by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield, 1777-8 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Robert Nugent, Lord Clare, c.1759 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Cottage Children The Wood Gatherers, 1787 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lewis Bagot, Bishop of Bristol by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Scene with a Road Winding through a Wood, c. 1770 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Hester, Countess of Sussex, and Her Daughter, Lady Barbara Yelverton by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Composer and Violinist AntonĂn Kammel by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Church Tower by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Thomas Pennant, 1726-1798 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Charles Gould by Thomas Gainsborough")
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