On the portrait, four children of the Marsham family, depicted in a relaxed atmosphere, in the park – three girls are a boy. The older girl supports the hem of

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

Corner of the forest, river creek, lush greenery, summer… As always, near people and animals – from the shore pushes the sixth boat, most likely, a teenager. Young people in

Very simple and very spiritual landscape. The hillocks, overgrown with vegetation, old twisted from time, trees, a small meandering river, a road that goes into the distance, to where the

The singer Anna Ford was extraordinarily talented: she was very musical, had a great voice, spoke five languages. She dreamed of becoming an actress, singing, but her father categorically forbade

The gulf separates this late portrait from “Portrait of Mr. Andrews and his wife.” The vital energy inherent in the latter has, over time, transformed into subtle elegance. The exact

It is a park, along the alley of which luxuriously dressed, fashionable, beautiful and not very bright, young and not very, women, and, of course, men. But mostly women are

Before us is an aristocratic family – husband, wife and their daughter Sarah. They are walking in the park. George is telling something to his wife with a gesture, gesturing

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

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

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

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

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

Out of the darkness of the evening park on the background of massive marble columns stands the majestic figure of a beautiful young woman in a rich dress with a

At the dawn of his work, Thomas Gainsborough admitted that he never liked to paint portraits. But it was the portraits that brought him the greatest glory. Gainsborough argued that

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

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

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,

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