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Thomas Gainsborough

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Looking at Kehinde Wiley and Thomas Gainsborough Side by Side

Avatar photo by Caroline Ellen Liou October 10, 2021October 11, 2021

It is perhaps no surprise that Wiley’s oeuvre is a favorite among curators seeking to inject new relevance into their collection of European masters.

Posted inArt

Thomas Gainsborough’s Quietly Passionate Portrait

by Michael Glover March 6, 2021March 5, 2021

Margaret Gainsborough was a woman who knew her own worth.

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New Evidence Suggests a Double-Homicide Propelled Thomas Gainsborough Toward Art

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 27, 2018September 28, 2018

Two members of Gainsborough’s family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child. Without their deaths, it’s possible that he may never have had the chance to study painting.

Thomas Gainsborough, "Mr. and Mrs. William Hallett" (aka "The Morning Walk") (1785), oil on canvas, 236.2 x 179.1 cm (© The National Gallery, London; via Wikimedia Commons)
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Thomas Gainsborough Painting Gouged at London’s National Gallery

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 20, 2017March 21, 2017

On Saturday, a man wielding a screwdriver cut two long gashes into “The Morning Walk,” though conservators believe the damage can be easily repaired.

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The Merits of Old Masters’ B-Sides, at the Frick

by Peter Malone January 12, 2015April 15, 2016

Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery, on view in the East Gallery of the Frick Collection, is a gathering of ten paintings analogous to the cohort of masterpieces in the Frick’s adjacent West Gallery. Visitors are left free to consider each as representing a unique, if not significant moment in each artist’s career.

Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments
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Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments

Kelly Grovier discusses his book on the history of pigments in a new podcast episode, making the case for how myths and science can enrich how we experience art.

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