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 Elisabeth, Sarah and Edward, Children of Edward Holden Cruttenden oil


Elisabeth, Sarah and Edward, Children of Edward Holden Cruttenden
Painting ID::  75017 		Elisabeth, Sarah and Edward, Children of Edward Holden Cruttenden
ca. 1763(1763) Oil on canvas 179 X 168 cm (70.47 X 66.14 in) cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons oil


Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons
Painting ID::  75978 		Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons
Date 1773(1773) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 141 ?? 113 cm (55.5 ?? 44.5 in) cyf
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire oil


Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Painting ID::  75995 		Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
1775-1776 Oil on canvas 237 ?? 145 cm (93.3 ?? 57.1 in) cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Jane Fleming wife of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington oil


Portrait of Jane Fleming wife of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
Painting ID::  76007 		Portrait of Jane Fleming wife of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
1778(1778) Oil on canvas 235.6 ?? 145 cm (92.8 ?? 57.1 in) cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Lady Cockburn and her three oldest sons oil


Portrait of Lady Cockburn and her three oldest sons
Painting ID::  76012 		Portrait of Lady Cockburn and her three oldest sons
Date 1773(1773) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 141 ?? 113 cm (55.5 ?? 44.5 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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