Artist: REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Painting: Colonel George K. H. Coussmaker, Grenadier Guards Introduction: 1782
Oil on canvas, 238,1 x 145,4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Lady Elizabeth Delm and her Children Painting ID:: 8896
Artist: REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Painting: Lady Elizabeth Delm and her Children Introduction: 1777-80
Oil on canvas, 239 x 147 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
George Clive and his Family with an Indian Maid Painting ID:: 8897
Artist: REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Painting: George Clive and his Family with an Indian Maid Introduction: 1765
Oil on canvas, 140 x 171 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
English Rococo Era Painter, 1723-1792
English painter, collector and writer. The foremost portrait painter in England in the 18th century, he transformed early Georgian portraiture by greatly enlarging its range. His poses, frequently based on the Old Masters or antique sculpture, were intended to invoke classical values and to enhance the dignity of his sitters. His rich colour, strong lighting and free handling of paint greatly influenced the generation of Thomas Lawrence and Henry Raeburn. His history and fancy pictures explored dramatic and emotional themes that became increasingly popular with both artists and collectors in the Romantic period. As first president of the Royal Academy in London, he did more than anyone to raise the status of art and artists in Britain. His Discourses on Art, delivered to the students and members of the Academy between 1769 and 1790,
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