The portrait of this epoch famous for its realism, brightness and expressiveness.
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W. Hogarth was the first major artist to reject the foreign influence and establish a kind of art whose themes and subjects were thoroughly British.
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The Shrimp Girl, 1740-1743, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, UK
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Captain Thomas Coram, 1740, oil on canvas, Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, London, UK
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The Graham Children, 1742, oil on canvas the Gallery, London, UK
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Reynolds was born at Plymton. He broke the rules and showed in his practice that the portrait could and should be also a full complex work of art on many levels. For him each model was not just a physical fact to be depicted but rather a story to be told.
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Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, 1783-84, Oil on canvas, Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, USA.
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Contrasts of light and shade with flowing and broken lines produce an impression of animation and mobility which is characteristic of Gainsborough.
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Robert Andrews and His Wife Frances, about 1748-49, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, UK
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Mrs. Sarah Siddons, 1785, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, UK
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Sir J. Reynolds T. Gainsborough
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The methods of the two painters are sufficiently indicated by their respective treatment of Mrs. Siddons. "Sara Siddons“ by Sir J. Reynolds is represented in the form of a muse of tragedy. "A portrait of actress Sara Siddons“ by T. Gainsborough. The artist has underlined intelligence of a young woman.