It’s hard to imagine but one of the most celebrated portrait painters in English history actually despised painting his rich clientele. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) very much preferred to do what he really loved which was landscape painting, but this wasn’t lucrative enough to support his family. It was only during the final years of his …
THomas Gainsborough paintings
You will hardly find a painting that reflects a painter’s career better than this 18th-century masterpiece by a renowned English artist. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) managed to intertwine the type of painting he produced to get paid with the type of painting that he loved. This remarkable combination makes Mr and Mrs Andrews one of the …
One of the greatest Engish artists in history became famous because he painted marvelous portraits of upper-class individuals. His true passion, however, was to spend time in nature and paint landscapes. Both types of paintings are featured in this remarkable list of masterpieces. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) lived in a time that Rococo masters painted frivolous …