Thomas Gainsborough
A Titan of England's early baroque era
Like his rival Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) was known primarily as a Classicist/Baroque portraitist, but at least Gainsborough could be original.
Too bad his tastes ran to Rococo pastels, frothy feathered brushwork, and busy compositions.
When not immortalizing noble patrons, he painted quite a collection of landscapes just for himself.
Gainsborough's works grace:
- National Gallery, London
- National Portrait Gallery, London
- Hampton Court Palace, London
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
- Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (where Gainsborough first came to fame)
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
- Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Selected works by Thomas Gainsborough in England
Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Gainsborough (1778) by Thomas Gainsborough in the Courtauld Gallery, London
Where to find works by Thomas Gainsborough in England
England's greatest repository of Old Masters paintings, with works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, and more
The royal palace so nice Henry VIII honeymooned here twice—and then three times, and four, and five...
A fantastic bit-of-everything museum including Old Masters paintings
A 17th century manor house in Hampstead Heath with a fabulous free art collection
A gallery of some of the greatest hits of British painting and sculpture
An historic London townhouse filled with 18C antiques and French and Old Master paintings—all for free
Bath's small public art museum has a nice collection including Gainsborough oil pantings
Packed with pictures of old Brits, including the only life portrait of Shakespeare
