Gainsborough Thomas

This portrait is often called the “Blue Boy”. Against the background of an alarming sky on the ground, there is a boy in a satin blue suit. In the gloomy

Mary, the artist’s eldest daughter, is about twelve here. Margaret is about eight. This portrait is one of many written by Gainsborough from his daughters. Like most of them, he

The young man galloped through the forest, stopped, jumped off the horse and admired nature. Or maybe he heard the birds singing? Or, perhaps, he is not alone, and in

Elizabeth Sheridan, in the girlhood of Lynley, had a beautiful voice. With her singing, she fascinated the entire theater London. In addition, she possessed undoubted beauty, grace and charm. She

The corner of old England is the Catholic church and the old castle in the Romanesque style. This is indicated by the massive thick walls and towers of the castle,

Genre portraits were a characteristic branch of portrait painting for the English school. The popularity of genre scenes reached a peak in the XVIII century. Usually in such a picture

John Kilmory is a count, a viscount from the Irish Peerage. Against the backdrop of the landscape, a middle-aged man, the same, seems to be stout, like a tree behind

One of the most lyrical and soulful landscapes of Gainsborough. The warm day of the “first autumn”, a peasant’s horse, slowly carrying a loaded cart, a fussy little dog is

Landscape has always been the favorite genre of Gainsborough. Over time, he resigned himself to the fact that landscape painting can not become a source of livelihood for him, and

Gainsborough knew how to transfer the resemblance to nature in a phenomenal way and he was able to use it for his material condition. It so happened that he was

Gainsborough was very fond of portraying a rural landscape. And always in these humble stories included people and animals. Here, too, a herd of well-fed cows comes back from the

It is a portrait of an English landowner, a member of the British Parliament, in the future a war hero.

Gainsborough portrayed the actress in a modern dress in a white and blue stripes, in a huge hat with feathers and a fur clutch on her knees. Sarah Siddons seemed

Here the artist devotes all his attention to the landscape, and the presence of man and animals is only slightly indicated. Before us is a winding road that runs down

Before us, Lily’s sisters are Elizabeth and Mary. Girls, as always, are depicted against the background of nature. Their young faces are attracted by beauty and spirituality. It is felt

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, sealed by Gainsborough, owned a large estate near Sedbury, the artist’s hometown. Their portrait he wrote shortly after his return to Suffolk from London. It should

“Blue Boy” Gainsborough sound familiar to anyone who sees the big picture. In the mass consciousness has become a portrait of the typical image of a young aristocrat with contempt

Sir Robert Andrews and Francis Carter were married in November 1748 and this portrait was written in honor of this event. A young couple is written against the background of

We know six double portraits of Gainsborough’s daughters. Most of them remained unfinished. Having created an image and breathed into his soul, Gainsborough cooled down to work. But a custom-made

It is known that Gainsborough wrote with equal interest and love as representatives of the high society of England, and people from the people, peasants. Looking at this picture, it

The artist tried to portray here another life of the English, different from the aristocratic way of life. Three children from a poor family went to the forest for brushwood.