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      Gainsborough: A Portrait

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      Frank, lucid and modern, this is a fresh portrait of Thomas Gainsborough, the most sensuous artist of the eighteenth century.

      ** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **

      ''Compulsively readable - the ...

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      Product ID:9781474601061
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Gainsborough
      Subtitle:A Portrait
      Authors:Author: James Hamilton
      Page Count:480
      Subjects:Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: arts & entertainment
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Frank, lucid and modern, this is a fresh portrait of Thomas Gainsborough, the most sensuous artist of the eighteenth century.

      ** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **

      ''Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves'' John Carey, Sunday Times

      ''Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life'' Literary Review

      Thomas Gainsborough lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a shockingly loose, libidinous manner and a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings.

      James Hamilton reveals the artist in his many contexts: the talented Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his craft in the shadow of Hogarth; the society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by charming the right people into his studio. With fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.


      Imprint Name:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
      Publisher Name:Orion Publishing Co
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2018-08-09

      Additional information

      Weight352 g
      Dimensions193 × 131 × 27 mm