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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

In the last years of his life, the master departs from secular life. In his work, other motives begin to prevail. He wrote a number of works on the theme

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

Moving in 1774 to live in London, Gainsborough set out to immediately gain popularity in the capital. To achieve the desired, it was required to prove himself as the best

Possessing a living imagination and the instincts of an experimenter, Gainsborough was invariably delighted if he could see something new. For example, he was completely charmed by the so-called “magic

This work, being one of the most famous rural scenes of Gainsborough, is strikingly different from other landscapes of the master. Usually he insisted that “the landscape should not be

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

In the declining years, Gainsborough discovered a new genre, which is now conventionally called the genre of “fantastic pictures”. The word “fantastic”, however, can be successfully replaced with “sentimental”, for

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

Most of Gainsborough’s drawings are landscape sketches, made by the artist, not so much as sketches for the future, the pictures, just as much for their own pleasure. Preparatory drawings,

One of the best works of the artist – “Portrait of the Duchess de Bowfourt” – created by him in the prime of his creative powers. The figure of a

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

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,

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

In the paintings of the work of Gainsborough you can often see dogs. At the same time the artist very accurately conveyed not only the breed of the dog, but

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

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

In the era of the reign of Queen Victoria in London lived a certain Adam Worth – a fraudster, a thief, but an imposing man and an incorrigible romantic. In

Before us is a portrait of a young man in a half-turn. A lush mane of hair, a young, spiritual face, an intelligent look, a probationer. He seems to warn

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

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