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 Self-Portrait oil painting


Self-Portrait
mk52 c.1748-9 Oil on canvas 63x74cm National Portrait Gallery,London
Painting ID::  26930 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Self-Portrait
mk52 c.1748-9 Oil on canvas 63x74cm National Portrait Gallery,London
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of the Artist oil painting


Portrait of the Artist
1780 oil on wood,27 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40in) Royal Academy London (mk63)
Painting ID::  28148 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of the Artist
1780 oil on wood,27 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40in) Royal Academy London (mk63)
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of a Clergyman oil painting


Portrait of a Clergyman
mk61 Oil on canvas 77x64cm
Painting ID::  28733 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of a Clergyman
mk61 Oil on canvas 77x64cm
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of James Bourdieu oil painting


Portrait of James Bourdieu
mk61 1765 Oil on canvas 121x61cm
Painting ID::  28734 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of James Bourdieu
mk61 1765 Oil on canvas 121x61cm
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in his Cradle oil painting


The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in his Cradle
mk65 ca.1786 Oil on canvas 119x117"
Painting ID::  29050 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in his Cradle
mk65 ca.1786 Oil on canvas 119x117"
   
   
     
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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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