Sir Joshua Reynolds

British 1723-1792 Sir Joshua Reynolds Locations Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723. As one of eleven children, and the son of the village school-master, Reynolds was restricted to a formal education provided by his father. He exhibited a natural curiosity and, as a boy, came under the influence of Zachariah Mudge, whose Platonistic philosophy stayed with him all his life. Showing an early interest in art, Reynolds was apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable portrait painter Thomas Hudson, with whom he remained until 1743. From 1749 to 1752, he spent over two years in Italy, where he studied the Old Masters and acquired a taste for the "Grand Style". Unfortunately, whilst in Rome, Reynolds suffered a severe cold which left him partially deaf and, as a result, he began to carry a small ear trumpet with which he is often pictured. From 1753 until the end of his life he lived in London, his talents gaining recognition soon after his arrival in France. Reynolds worked long hours in his studio, rarely taking a holiday. He was both gregarious and keenly intellectual, with a great number of friends from London's intelligentsia, numbered amongst whom were Dr Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Burke, Giuseppe Baretti, Henry Thrale, David Garrick and fellow artist Angelica Kauffmann. Because of his popularity as a portrait painter, Reynolds enjoyed constant interaction with the wealthy and famous men and women of the day, and it was he who first brought together the famous figures of "The" Club. With his rival Thomas Gainsborough, Reynolds was the dominant English portraitist of 'the Age of Johnson'. It is said that in his long life he painted as many as three thousand portraits. In 1789 he lost the sight of his left eye, which finally forced him into retirement. In 1791 James Boswell dedicated his Life of Samuel Johnson to Reynolds. Reynolds died on 23 February 1792 in his house in Leicester Fields, London. He is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Foster oil


Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Foster
Painting ID::  78764 		Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Foster
1787(1787) Oil on canvas 74 x 62 cm (29.1 x 24.4 in) cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell oil


Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell
Painting ID::  78824 		Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell
"Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell," oil on canvas, by the British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. 76.2 cm x 63.5 cm (30 in. x 25 in.) Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum. Date 1774-1776 cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of a Woman oil


Portrait of a Woman
Painting ID::  78861 		Portrait of a Woman
1759(1759) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
1759(1759) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel oil


Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel
Painting ID::  78878 		Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel
"Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel," oil on canvas, by the British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dated 1749. 1270 mm x 1015 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Lady Jane Halliday oil


Portrait of Lady Jane Halliday
Painting ID::  78904 		Portrait of Lady Jane Halliday
1779(1779) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 239 x 148.5 cm (94.1 x 58.5 in) cyf
   
   
     
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     British 1723-1792 Sir Joshua Reynolds Locations Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723. As one of eleven children, and the son of the village school-master, Reynolds was restricted to a formal education provided by his father. He exhibited a natural curiosity and, as a boy, came under the influence of Zachariah Mudge, whose Platonistic philosophy stayed with him all his life. Showing an early interest in art, Reynolds was apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable portrait painter Thomas Hudson, with whom he remained until 1743. From 1749 to 1752, he spent over two years in Italy, where he studied the Old Masters and acquired a taste for the "Grand Style". Unfortunately, whilst in Rome, Reynolds suffered a severe cold which left him partially deaf and, as a result, he began to carry a small ear trumpet with which he is often pictured. From 1753 until the end of his life he lived in London, his talents gaining recognition soon after his arrival in France. Reynolds worked long hours in his studio, rarely taking a holiday. He was both gregarious and keenly intellectual, with a great number of friends from London's intelligentsia, numbered amongst whom were Dr Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Burke, Giuseppe Baretti, Henry Thrale, David Garrick and fellow artist Angelica Kauffmann. Because of his popularity as a portrait painter, Reynolds enjoyed constant interaction with the wealthy and famous men and women of the day, and it was he who first brought together the famous figures of "The" Club. With his rival Thomas Gainsborough, Reynolds was the dominant English portraitist of 'the Age of Johnson'. It is said that in his long life he painted as many as three thousand portraits. In 1789 he lost the sight of his left eye, which finally forced him into retirement. In 1791 James Boswell dedicated his Life of Samuel Johnson to Reynolds. Reynolds died on 23 February 1792 in his house in Leicester Fields, London. He is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

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