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 2nd Marquess of Rockingham oil


Portrait of 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Painting ID::  83448
Portrait of 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
1766(1766) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 69.2 x 55.9 cm (27.2 x 22 in) cyf
   
   
     

Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough. oil


Portrait of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough.
Painting ID::  84961
Portrait of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough.
Date c. 1760(1760). Medium Oil on canvas. Dimensions 18 x 12 in (45.7 x 30.5 cm). cjr
   
   
     

Sir Joshua Reynolds Elizabeth Kerr oil


Elizabeth Kerr
Painting ID::  85221
Elizabeth Kerr
oil on canvas 87.5 x 74.9 1769 or later cyf
oil_on_canvas_ 87.5_x_74.9_ 1769_or_later_ cyf
   
   
     

Sir Joshua Reynolds Elizabeth Drax oil


Elizabeth Drax
Painting ID::  85273
Elizabeth Drax
1759-1760 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 77.2 x 64.2 cm (30.4 x 25.3 in) cyf
   
   
     

Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Henry Arundell oil


Portrait of Henry Arundell
Painting ID::  85379
Portrait of Henry Arundell
1764(1764) or 1767(1767) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 94 x 58 in (238.8 x 147.3 cm) 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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