Friday, April 22, 2016

Thomas Gainsborough drawings and paintings

attributed to Thomas Gainsborough
Study of a Lady
c. 1755-65
drawing
British Museum

Thomas Gainsborough's gauzy aristocratic style disguises his ambitions as a maker of likenesses, conveyor of temperaments, and colorist. It is unfair to imply or declare that he is stodgy, as writers of authoritative taste in the 20th century often did.

Thomas Gainsborough
Anne, Countess of Chesterfield
1777-78
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs Clement Tudway
1773
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Thomas Gainsborough
Study of a Lady
18th century
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Thomas Gainsborough
Study of a Lady
c. 1763-65
drawing
British Museum

Thomas Gainsborough
The Painter's Two Daughters
c. 1758
Victoria & Albert Museum

Thomas Gainsborough
Elizabeth & Tom Linley
c. 1768
Clark Art Institute

Elizabeth Linley is said to have been not only the most beautiful Englishwoman of her generation but also by far the greatest singer. Scandals swirled around her, duels were fought. And many portraits painted.

Thomas Gainsborough
Elizabeth & Mary Linley
c. 1772
Dulwich Picture Gallery

Thomas Gainsborough
Elizabeth Linley
c. 1775
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Thomas Gainsborough
Elizabeth Linley
1785
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Thomas Gainsborough
Landscape with shepherd
ca. 1786
transparent oil on glass
Victoria & Albert Museum

Thomas Gainsborough
Wooded landscape in moonlight
ca. 1781-82
transparent oil on glass
Victoria & Albert Museum

Thomas Gainsborough
Rest by the way
1747
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Thomas Gainsborough
Landscape with riders
1780s
drawing
British Museum