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Museums page for Thomas Gainsborough ((1727 - 1788)), known for Drawing, portrait and landscape painting. Showing 17 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1727 Sudbury, England - 1788 London, England. Known for: Drawing, portrait and landscape painting.
Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, England. His mother was an accomplished flower painter. Gainsborough made little progress at grammer school, where he spent... Read full biography
Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, England. His mother was an accomplished flower painter. Gainsborough made little progress at grammer school, where he spent most of his time sketching. At the age of fifteen he was sent to London where he studied under the... Read full biography
Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, England. His mother was an accomplished flower painter. Gainsborough made little progress at grammer school, where he spent most of his time sketching. At the age of fifteen he was sent to London where he studied under the French engraver Gravelot. A few years later at Gravelot's instigation he was admitted into the Martin Lane Academy where he studied under the historical painter Francis Hayman. In 1745 he returned to... Read full biography
Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, England. His mother was an accomplished flower painter. Gainsborough made little progress at grammer school, where he spent most of his time sketching. At the age of fifteen he was sent to London where he studied under the French engraver Gravelot. A few years later at Gravelot's instigation he was admitted into the Martin Lane Academy where he studied under the historical painter Francis Hayman. In 1745 he returned to Sudbury and Ipswich, and in 1760 rose to fame as a portrait painter in the fashionable resort town of Bath. Gainsborough joined the Royal Academy as a founding member and in 1774 he returned to London, where he became Reynold's major competitor. In... Read full biography
Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, England. His mother was an accomplished flower painter. Gainsborough made little progress at grammer school, where he spent most of his time sketching. At the age of fifteen he was sent to London where he studied under the French engraver Gravelot. A few years later at Gravelot's instigation he was admitted into the Martin Lane Academy where he studied under the historical painter Francis Hayman. In 1745 he returned to Sudbury and Ipswich, and in 1760 rose to fame as a portrait painter in the fashionable resort town of Bath. Gainsborough joined the Royal Academy as a founding member and in 1774 he returned to London, where he became Reynold's major competitor. In 1783 he disagreed with the Council of the Royal Academy, withdrew his pictures and never exhibited there again. Gainsborough and Reynolds w... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (17)
All MuseumsBlanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338Charles Allis Art Museum
1801 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202J. Paul Getty Museum
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1681Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Musée du Louvre
F-75058 Paris Cedex 01
Paris, FranceMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
CanadaNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Tate Britain
Millbank
London, United KingdomThe Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House
Strand
London, United KingdomThe Frick Collection
One East 70th Street
New York City, NY 10021The State Hermitage Museum
Palace Embankment 34
St. Petersburg, Russian FederationThe Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271