Reynolds Joshua

Many contemporaries recalled Reynolds as a very shy and modest person. However, modesty did not prevent him from creating a whole gallery of his own portraits. The earliest of self-portraits

Reynolds had a rare gift even for very talented painters to write children. They felt extremely free in his workshop, and the artist had the opportunity to draw them in

David Garrick was one of the greatest English actors. Success brought him not only his remarkable talent, but also his ability to advertise himself. In particular, he managed to persuade

All the artists Reynolds admired were excellent draftsmen. However, in his own work drawing played a secondary role. The master began to write directly on the canvas, bypassing the preliminary

Oliver Goldsmith, a writer and literary critic, was a member of the Club organized by Reynolds and Johnson. In 1762 he published the book “The Citizen of the World”, which

The charming young woman depicted in this portrait is Nelly O’Brien, one of the first beauties of her time. For some time she was the lover of the Third Viscount

“Portrait of Commodore Keppel” made the name of Joshua Reynolds and became the first step of that ladder that very soon led him to glory. The artist painted this picture

From the official portraits of Reynolds’ brush, English aristocrats and high officials look at the viewer. They are written by a master in confident, majestic poses. The exotic dignity of

The first president of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, opened in 1768, Joshua Reynolds is the founder and theorist of the English portrait genre. In his works, Reynolds rethought

The work of the artist Anna, Countess Olbmarle in the mood is exactly the opposite of the portrait of the colonel. We see the Countess in her old age. A

Like most of his contemporaries, Reynolds considered painting historical to be the highest genre of painting. Having made a name for himself as a portrait painter, our hero, however, more

This picture is the largest in format and the most ambitious group portrait of Reynolds. Depicted here, as the name implies, the three sisters of Montgomery, the daughter of Sir

At the time of Reynolds, it was customary to call “variegated” paintings that are not amenable to precise genre definition. As a rule, so called sentimental, pastoral or painted with

Banustre Tarlton was a famous cavalry officer, having served with the time before the rank of general. He was also a member of Parliament, and in 1818 received the title

Sir Joshua Reynolds – one of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and its first president – was the most popular portrait painter in England

This portrait ordered Reynolds, oddly enough, not the husband of Countess Spencer, but her brother. Countess Spencer, as follows from the records in the visitors’ book, came to the artist’s

For this portrait of William Lake, Second Earl of Dartmoor, Reynolds chose the pose that Van Dyke often used.