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 Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hamilton oil painting


Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hamilton
1758(1758) Medium Oil cyf
Painting ID::  78576 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hamilton
1758(1758) Medium Oil cyf
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of oil painting


Portrait of
1788(1788) Medium Oil cyf
Painting ID::  78631 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of
1788(1788) Medium Oil cyf
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Frederick William Ernest oil painting


Portrait of Frederick William Ernest
um 1764-1767 Medium Oil cyf
Painting ID::  78633 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Frederick William Ernest
um 1764-1767 Medium Oil cyf
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle oil painting


Portrait of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
1769(1769) Oil on canvas 241 x 149.8 cm (94.9 x 59 in) cjr
Painting ID::  78679 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
1769(1769) Oil on canvas 241 x 149.8 cm (94.9 x 59 in) cjr
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Lady Caroline Scott as 'Winter' oil painting


Lady Caroline Scott as 'Winter'
1776(1776) Oil on canvas 143.5 x 112 cm (56.5 x 44.1 in) cjr
Painting ID::  78758 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lady Caroline Scott as 'Winter'
1776(1776) Oil on canvas 143.5 x 112 cm (56.5 x 44.1 in) 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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