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 Elizabeth Lady Taylor oil painting


Elizabeth Lady Taylor
mk29 1780 Oil on canvas 127.3x100cm
Painting ID::  38199 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Elizabeth Lady Taylor
mk29 1780 Oil on canvas 127.3x100cm
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds The Countess Spencer with her Daughter Georgiana oil painting


The Countess Spencer with her Daughter Georgiana
mk156 1760 Oil on canvas
Painting ID::  40578 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Countess Spencer with her Daughter Georgiana
mk156 1760 Oil on canvas
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Miss Bowles oil painting


Miss Bowles
mk156 1775 Oil on canvas 91x71cm
Painting ID::  40600 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Miss Bowles
mk156 1775 Oil on canvas 91x71cm
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Self-Portrait oil painting


Self-Portrait
MK156 1775 Oil on canvas 71.5X58
Painting ID::  40601 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Self-Portrait
MK156 1775 Oil on canvas 71.5X58
   
   
     
Sir Joshua Reynolds Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus oil painting


Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus
mk159 c.1788 Oil on canvas 127.5x101cm
Painting ID::  41061 		Sir Joshua Reynolds
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus
mk159 c.1788 Oil on canvas 127.5x101cm
   
   
     
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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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