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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
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
James Maitland 7th Earl of Lauderdale
oil on canvas painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Mrs John Hale
Oil on canvas. 236 ?? 146 cm
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Oil on canvas portrait of British General John Burgoyne.
Oil on canvas portrait of British General John Burgoyne.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Admiral the Honourable Samuel Barrington
"Admiral the Honourable Samuel Barrington, 1729-1800," oil on canvas, by the British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dated 1779. 760 mm x 635 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, London.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Oil on canvas portrait of British General John Burgoyne.
Oil on canvas portrait of British General John Burgoyne.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Captain the Honourable John Byron
"Captain the Honourable John Byron, 1723-86," oil on canvas, by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dated 1759. 760 mm x 635 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Captain the Honourable Augustus Keppel
"Captain the Honourable Augustus Keppel, 1725-86," oil on canvas, by the British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dated 1752-1753. 2390 mm x 1475 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Admiral Augustus Keppel
"Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1725-86," oil on canvas, by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dated 1765. 942 mm x 618 mm x 80 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Lord John Townshend
"Portrait of Lord John Townshend," oil on canvas, by the British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. 75 cm x 62.5 cm (29.53 in. x 24.61 in.) Private collection. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Charles Fitzroy
"Portrait of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton," oil on canvas, by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. Private collection. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Study for King Lear
Study for King Lear," oil on canvas, by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. 75.9 cm x 63.5 cm (29.88 in. x 25 in.) Private collection. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington
"Portrait of Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington," oil on canvas, by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. 71 cm x 56 cm (27.95 in. x 22.05 in.) Undated. Private collection. Courtesy of The Athenaeum.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
John Armstrong
John Armstrong (1709-1779)
c.1767
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Lady Cockburn and her three oldest sons
1773(1773)
Oil on canvas
141 X 113 cm (55.51 X 44.49 in)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale
18th century
Oil on canvas
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Miss Anna Ward with Her Dog
Portrait of Miss Anna Ward with Her Dog; 1787; Oil on canvas; 141.6 x 113.7 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; ACF 1948.03
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Mrs Abington
1764-1773
Oil on canvas
236.2 X 147.3 cm (92.99 X 57.99 in)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Mrs Richard Bennett Lloyd
1775-1776
Oil on canvas
236 x 146 cm
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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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