Thomas Gainsborough
1727–1788 · Rococo · 7 works
Thomas Gainsborough, a wool manufacturer’s son from Sudbury in Suffolk, was with his rival Reynolds the leading portrait painter in England in the later 1700s. He worked in Ipswich and Bath before settling in London in 1774. Feathery brushwork and rich color mark his portraits, and he showed his sitters in the fashionable dress of their day.
7 works · 1753–1787
1753–1759 · 3 works
Walk these 3
1771–1787 · 4 works
Walk these 4Rococo began in France, and other cities gave it their own accent. In Venice, Rosalba Carriera made pastel a serious art and Giandomenico Tiepolo found a lighter, earthier manner than his father’s. In London, William Hogarth gave the style a robust British form, and it shaped Thomas Gainsborough’s portraits of women. In Madrid, Francisco de Goya designed Rococo tapestries.
In the museum: Rococo room · 1 work
