• Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 in Sudbury, England. His father was a rather well-to-do weaver who was impressed by his son’s talent for drawing.
  • Thomas Gainsborough: His Life and Art, Jack Lindsay, (HarperCollins, 1982). A Nest of Nightingales: Thomas Gainsborough, The Linley Sisters.
  • The portrait and landscape painter, Thomas Gainsborough is considered one of the most important British artists of the late 18th century.
  • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-88). English painter of portraits, landscapes, and fancy pictures, one of the most individual geniuses in British art.
  • Thomas Gainsborough, born in May 1727, was a renowned master of painting in Britain in the 18th century. He was particularly famous for his portraits.
  • Thomas Gainsborough died #OnThisDay in 1788. Gainsborough was, with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the leading portrait painter in England in the later 18th century.
  • The Blue Boy, oil painting created by English artist Thomas Gainsborough about 1770. The full-length portrait is one of the most recognized paintings in art history.
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  • Thomas Gainsborough was a British landscape painter and portraitist and is considered to be one of the greatest portraitists of the 18th century.
  • Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most influential artists of the 18th century, known best for his portraits but also for his profound…