For sale: 'antiques mansion' to the rich and famous Aug 27, 2008
Highlights of the sale include a painting of the Marchioness of Donegal, originally painted by Francis Coates and augmented 16 years later by Thomas Gainsborough. It hangs at the foot of the ornate double staircase in the Great Hall, and is expected to fetch up to 60,000. (Independent)
Critics' picks - visual arts Jul 28, 2008
"Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool" - This superb exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art showcases the work of one of the greatest painters in England in the second half of the 18th century, but one who is overshadowed today by his more stylish contemporaries Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Not to be missed is "Two Girls Decorating a Cat by Candlelight," a fascinating picture that would be deeply strange even in daylight. (Boston Globe)
Robert Rauschenberg, art's eclectic master, dies at 82 May 14, 2008
Drafted into the US Navy, Mr. Rauschenberg was serving as a Marine medical technician at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, when he visited the Huntington Library, with its collection of paintings by such English masters as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. He resolved to become an artist (he had been drawing portraits of his fellow Marines for them to send home) and used his GI Bill benefits to study at the Kansas City Art Institute and at the Acad mie Julian in Paris. (Boston Globe)
Ten Best Things to do in Bath Apr 13, 2008
The artist Thomas Gainsborough lived at number 17 from 1760 until 1774. and Sydney Gardens. (Suite101.com)
* The scientific potential of painting Dec 1, 2007
The group obtained images of 554 paintings from 181 artists, including Edgar Degas, Gustav Klimt, Rembrandt, Thomas Gainsborough and Peter Paul Rubens. They then narrowed the list down to five artists, such as Turner, who were painting before, during and after the time of volcanic eruptions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In Which World Gallery Nov 12, 2007
The Honourable Mrs Graham by Thomas Gainsborough. Landowner Thomas Graham commissioned this lovely full-length portrait (1777) to commemorate his wife; later when devastated by his wife's premature death he gave the painting to her sister. (Suite101.com)
Sainsbury leaves 100m of art to Tate and National Gallery Oct 30, 2007
The Hon Simon Sainsbury Bequest has been called "one of the most important bequests to come to the nation in the past 100 years" and includes pieces by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Thomas Gainsborough, Paul Gauguin and Henri Rousseau. The works will be split between the two galleries and will be exhibited to the public at the Tate next June. (Independent)
18 paintings left for two British museums Oct 30, 2007
The paintings, including works by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough and Francis Bacon, came from Sainsburys private collection. The descendant of the grocery chains founder died last year at age 76. (MSNBC -- News)
The Sunshine Boy Oct 13, 2007
He came of age in the last years of an era of great English portraiture, of Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, when the British gentry were eager to be commemorated in the full regalia of the ruling classes. The elderly Reynolds was still president of the Royal Academy when the 14-year-old Turner was admitted to the Academy's school. (Time.com)
British Invasion: A massive gift of English paintings adds a new dimension to the Clark Jul 28, 2007
As a group, says Rand, they make the Manton collection "one of the greatest holdings of Constable's work ever acquired by an individual." In addition, he says, the collection "perfectly complements Sterling and Francine Clark's love of Impressionism, a movement that was deeply influenced by Constable's landscape vision." Thomas Gainsborough is better known as a portrait painter, but he is also well represented by landscapes in the Manton collection, which includes 15 of the artist's paintings... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Cozens and Gainsborough Jun 18, 2007
Artists Alexander Cozens and Thomas Gainsborough are famous for their individual and unconventional styles in landscape painting. Which artist was named. (Suite101.com)
Clark Institute relishes lavish British windfall Jun 17, 2007
The Manton Collection deepens the Clark's British holdings by 20 more Turners; 50 artworks by Constable plus one of the artist's paint boxes, complete with oil-paint vessels made of pig's bladders; 18 pieces by Thomas Gainsborough, one of 18th-century London's top portraitists and landscape painters; and work by a handful of others, including William Blake's celebrated etchings illustrating the Book of Job. To honor the Manton gift, the Clark will rename the building that houses its research and... (Albany Times Union)
National Gallery takes to streets of London Jun 13, 2007
Thomas Gainsborough, 12-26 Lexington Street. Three Men and a Boy (1647-8). (Independent)
Two of a kind Mar 3, 2007
Their spring 2007 collection, inspired by the 18th century portrait painter Thomas Gainsborough, photographer Richard Avedon and the Huntington Gardens, explored volume, with dresses unfurling and blooming into fecund shapes. The fall 2007 collection continues the verdant theme, but also introduces heavier fabrics, such as brocade, and architectural constructions. (Los Angeles Times)
North Carolina town is the home of Pepsi Feb 15, 2007
Paintings by such renowned 18th-century artists as Thomas Gainsborough and Charles Willson Peale hang on its walls. Portraits of British monarchs decorate the home, along with 18th-century maps, collections of English and American silverware and bird and botanical prints. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Artist's better half back in the picture Nov 21, 2006
Hayman was a founding member of the Royal Academy and the man who taught and inspired Thomas Gainsborough. Historians have been flummoxed by his earliest known self-portrait, done about 1735. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Artist is back with wife after splitting over 300 years ago Nov 21, 2006
Hayman was one of the leading painters in 18th-century Britain and his pupils included Thomas Gainsborough. This year, the Tate paid 1 million for his painting Portrait of Samuel Richardson. (Times Online)
Two halves of painting reunited after 300 years Nov 21, 2006
Hayman was one of the most prominent painters in early Georgian England, a founder-member of the Royal Academy, he was also the man who taught and inspired Thomas Gainsborough. In August, the Tate Gallery paid 1m for his portrait of Samuel Richardson. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Beaverbrook gallery arbitration hearing underway Oct 12, 2006
With works by Salvador Dali, Thomas Gainsborough and Joseph Mallord William Turner, the collection is estimated to be worth as much as $200 million dollars. "We can't give away work that the public may own," Budovitch said. (CTV.ca)
Small Connecticut museum pays tribute to man's best friend Aug 3, 2006
Other artists in the exhibit include pop art artist Andy Warhol, Flemish painter Frans Snyders, portrait and landscape artist Thomas Gainsborough and Italian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Nearly 35 pieces of artwork are on display, from a Landseer painting showing a small, white terrier teasing a hedgehog in the grass to a larger-than-life, brightly painted portrait of a cocker spaniel by Warhol. (Newsday -- State)
Information on ``Best in Show: Dogs in Art from the Renaissance to the Present'' Aug 3, 2006
Artwork by Andy Warhol, George Stubbs, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Edwin Landseer are included in the show, which runs through Aug. 27. WHERE: Bruce Museum. (Newsday -- State)
Every dog has its day: Bruce Museum exhibit takes a look at man's best friend May 15, 2006
With about 50 paintings, photographs and sculpture, the show includes works by Gerrit Dou, Lucien Freud, Duane Hanson, Philip Reinagle, Theodore Gericault, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Thomas Gainsborough, Jan Baptist Weenix, Jean-Leon Germe, Keith Haring, Maurizio Cattelan, Edwin Henry Landseer, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, John Sargent Noble and Philippe Rousseau, among others, borrowed from private collections and museums around the world. These span a wide period in art history, serving as... (Greenwich Time)
