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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-896580).jpg "The Painter's Daughters with a Cat, c.1760-1 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Blue Boy, c.1770 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_c1785_-_(MeisterDrucke-73601).jpg "Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk), c.1785 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Duchess of Beaufort, c.1775-1780 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Honourable Mrs Graham by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Conversation in a Park: Thomas Gainsborough and his wife Margaret, 1746, 0.73 x 0.68 m by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher, 1785, 1935 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1080993).jpg "Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, c. 1785-87 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-322017).jpg "Study for a Group Portrait of a Musical Party, c.1770 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Ralph Cartwright, MP, aged 10 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. Frances Duncombe by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Peter William Baker by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Elizabeth and Mary Linley by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Mary Heberden, ca. 1777 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "An Officer of the 4th Regiment of Foot by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "King George III of the United Kingdom 1738-1820, 1785 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Suffolk Landscape, 1748 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Unknown lady with a blue cloak, c. 1765 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Mr and Mrs John Gravenor and their Daughters, Elizabeth and Ann by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "A Man Called Mr. Wood, the Dancing Master by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_fifth_baronet_-_(MeisterDrucke-1433527).jpg "William Johnstone-Pulteney, later Fifth Lord Pulteney by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "William Johnstone-Pulteney, Later 5th Baronet, c. 1772 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Mr. and Mrs. George Byam and their eldest daughter, Selina, ca. 1764 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, illustration from 'England's Battles by Sea and Land' by Lieut. Col. Williams by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1727358).jpg "Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?-1823) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Lady Lloyd and Her Son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1752726).jpg "Lady Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer (?) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Landscape with Figures, Herdsman and Cattle at a Pool, and Distant Church by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-907458).jpg "The Painter's Daughters chasing a Butterfly, c.1756 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Rev. Samuel Uvedale by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Major John Dade of Tannington, Suffolk by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Gravenor Family by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-313515).jpg "A Pool in the Woods, 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Bishop Woodward, half length, in clerical robes by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-695957).jpg "Portrait of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape with Stream by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape with a Cottage, Sheep and a Reclining Shepherd, c.1748-50 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Landscape, c. 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Lady Lloyd and Her Son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Frances Susanna, Lady de Dunstanville, c. 1786 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of an Unknown Man, 18th century by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Mountain landscape with bridge, c.1783-1784 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-974549).jpg "Ann Leyborne Leyborne, c.1763 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Road at the Edge of a Wood, 1760-65 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1723-1793 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_Governor_of_India_1780s_-_(MeisterDrucke-66965).jpg "Lord Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of India, 1780s by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Hall, 2nd Viscount Gage by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Jane Eyton by Henry Wolf")
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.jpg "Mrs. John Taylor by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Thomas Pennant, engraved by Ambroise Tardieu by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "A Man Called Mr. Wood, the Dancing Master by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Mrs. John Taylor by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Landscape with Cattle by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter, c. 1748 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Upland Landscape by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-937099).jpg "William Leyborne Leyborne, c.1763 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1560393).jpg "Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_Portret_van_William_PittThe_Right_Hon_William_Pitt_(title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1357019).jpg "Portrait of William Pitt by William Bromley (I)")
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.jpg "Georgiana Spencer, afterwards Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Drover with Calves in a Country Cart by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "William Pitt by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427196).jpg "The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Honourable Mrs Graham, 1775-1777 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Landscape with House, 18th Century by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Lady Lloyd and Her Son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe Park, Northamptonshire by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Miss Susanna Gardiner (1752-1818) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-907453).jpg "Mary Heberden (c.1777) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Claudius Amyand by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Dr Ralph Schomberg by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "A Lady Walking in a Garden, Standing Full Length and Holding her Small Child by the Hand by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Mall in St. James's Park by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Landscape by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1573936).jpg "Portrait of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710-1771) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lewis Bagot, Bishop of Bristol by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Henrietta Read, later Henrietta Meares by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Mr and Mrs Andrews (detail) by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "A Man Called Mr. Wood, the Dancing Master by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of Thomas Prowse by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Thomas Linley the Younger by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Lady Lloyd and her son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, c.1745-46 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "A Couple in a Landscape by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Sketches: Figures and Animals by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape with Mounted Peasants by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Letter from Gainsborough to Lord Hardwicke Setting Out His Opinions on the Painting of Nature and Landscape in England, c.1760-70 by Thomas Gainsborough")
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_Field_Marshal_-_(MeisterDrucke-1554608).jpg "Portrait of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Open Landscape with Figures, Cows and Cottage by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "John Joseph Merlin by Thomas Gainsborough")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow by Thomas Gainsborough")
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