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 Lady Bampfylde oil painting


Lady Bampfylde
ca. 1776(1776) Oil on canvas 148 cm (58.3 in). Height: 2,381 cm (937.4 in). cjr
Painting ID::  76365 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lady Bampfylde
ca. 1776(1776) Oil on canvas 148 cm (58.3 in). Height: 2,381 cm (937.4 in). cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Mrs Richard Bennett Lloyd oil painting


Mrs Richard Bennett Lloyd
Date 1775-1776 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 236 x 146 cm cyf
Painting ID::  76515 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Mrs Richard Bennett Lloyd
Date 1775-1776 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 236 x 146 cm cyf
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces oil painting


Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces
1765(1765) Oil on canvas cjr
Painting ID::  76603 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces
1765(1765) Oil on canvas cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester oil painting


Portrait of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester
ca. 1774 cjr
Painting ID::  76626 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester
ca. 1774 cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland oil painting


Portrait of Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland
1757-1758 cjr
Painting ID::  76649 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland
1757-1758 cjr
   
   
     
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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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