Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788

Overview

Works:	1,041 works in 2,016 publications in 4 languages and 30,139 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Exhibition catalogs Catalogs Records and correspondence Juvenile works History Biographies Fiction Poetry
Roles:	Author, Illustrator, Artist, Honoree, Composer, Performer, Other, Creator, Photographer, Bibliographic antecedent, Dedicatee
Classifications:	ND497.G2, 759.2

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Most widely held works about Thomas Gainsborough

The world of Gainsborough, 1727-1788 by Jonathan Norton Leonard( Book )
The dark side of the landscape : the rural poor in English painting, 1730-1840 by John Barrell( Book )
Gainsborough : paintings and drawings by Thomas Gainsborough( Book )
The paintings of Thomas Gainsborough by Malcolm Cormack( Book )
Gainsborough by William Vaughan( Book )

Thomas Gainsborough : his life and art by Jack Lindsay( Book )
Thomas Gainsborough : 1727-1788 by Thomas Gainsborough( Book )
Gainsborough by Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse( Book )
Gainsborough by Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse( Book )
The ingenious Mr. Gainsborough; Thomas Gainsborough: a biographical study by Geoffrey Williamson( Book )
The hound in the left-hand corner : a novel by Giles Waterfield( Book )
The landscape paintings of Thomas Gainsborough : a critical text and catalogue raisonné by John T Hayes( Book )
Gainsborough in Bath by Susan Sloman( Book )
The letters of Thomas Gainsborough by Thomas Gainsborough( Book )
Gainsborough & his place in English art by Walter Armstrong( Book )
Gainsborough, a biography by Elizabeth Ripley( Book )
Thomas Gainsborough by Martin Postle( Book )
Thomas Gainsborough by Oliver Millar( Book )
Letters by Thomas Gainsborough( Book )
Gainsborough's vision by Amal Asfour( Book )

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Most widely held works by Thomas Gainsborough

The art of Thomas Gainsborough : "a little business for the eye" by Michael Rosenthal( Book )

7 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Michael Rosenthal provides a lively account of Gainsborough's varied life and diverse artworks. Rosenthal also examines for the first time the artist's oeuvre as a whole and how the trajectory of his career reflected the problems, dilemmas and situations that were common to other painters of his time. This book sets Gainsborough's art within its social and cultural contexts, shedding new light on the art worlds of London and the English provinces and on the ways in which Gainsborough's painting would have been seen and understood by his contemporaries." "The book begins by charting the geography and professional tactics of a career that took Gainsbourgh from London to Suffolk, Bath and eventually back to London. Rosenthal looks at such wide-ranging topics as how artists manipulated the press, the issue of likeness in portraiture, how rivalries between painters were handled in public and private, and the pressures of the public exhibition. The second part of the book explores the manifestations of Gainsborugh's aesthetic in portraiture, landscape painting and paintings of sensibility. Rosenthal concludes with a discussion of the problem of defining a role and proper form for the fine arts at a time of rapid social change and innovation."--Jacket

The drawings of Thomas Gainsborough by John T Hayes( Book )

6 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and held by 677 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough by John T Hayes( Book )

9 editions published in 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough : a country life by Hugh Belsey( Book )

8 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This new study concentrates on the early life and works of the great eighteenth-century artist, Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough's talent was evident at a young age, and before he established himself as one of London's leading portrait artists he was able to indulge in his true passion, landscapes, as well as provide portraits for a provincial clientele." "This volume not only sheds light on the development of one of England's most revered painters, but also offers an intimate look at the work of a young painter in the thrall of his subjects, and just beginning to realise his full talents."--BOOK JACKET

Gainsborough by Nicola Kalinsky( Book )

7 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Commentary on his most famous works including The blue boy and Mr and Mrs Andrews - Includes examples of his portraits and landscapes - Portraits

Gainsborough as printmaker by John T Hayes( Book )

5 editions published between 1971 and 1972 in English and held by 366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough and Reynolds in the British Museum : the drawings of Gainsborough and Reynolds with a survey of mezzotints after their paintings and a study of Reynolds' collection of Old Master drawings : catalogue of an exhibition at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 1978 by Timothy Clifford( Book )

8 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough drawings by John T Hayes( Book )

4 editions published in 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough and the modern woman by Cincinnati Art Museum( Book )

5 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Music for Gainsborough by Charivari Agréable (Musical group)( )

2 editions published in 2000 and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough at Gainsborough's House by Hugh Belsey( Book )

5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Perhaps the greatest of all English artists, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was born in the small town of Sudbury on the river Stour in Suffolk. His house is now both a museum and a research center for Gainsborough studies. It holds an outstanding collection of paintings, drawings, prints, books, and memorabilia relating to the artist and his time. This book presents both the highlights of this collection, which has not hitherto been published, and significant new research and insights relating to Gainsborough's art, character, and career. Works in the collection include fine examples by Gainsborough himself at all stages of his career, along with paintings and engravings by the artist's mentors, Francis Hayman and Hubert-Francois Gravelot, and by his followers, notably his nephew Gainsborough Dupont and Thomas Rowlandson, and by other East Anglian artists, including John Constable

The landscape paintings of Thomas Gainsborough : a critical text and catalogue raisonné by John T Hayes( Book )

9 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue raisonné

The life and works of Gainsborough by Linda Doeser( Book )

3 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library

Gainsborough by Stephen Butler( Book )

3 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough by Ronald Sutherland Gower( Book )

6 editions published in 1903 in English and Undetermined and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough's Giovanna Baccelli by Elizabeth Einberg( Book )

6 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The world of Gainsborough, 1727-1788 by Jonathan Norton Leonard( Book )

6 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and French and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life, times, and works of the 18th-century English painter

Thomas Gainsborough : a biography 1727-1788 by Isabelle Worman( Book )

1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, one of nine children of John and Susannah Gainsborough. He became a famous portrait and landscape artist, living in Ipswich, Bath, and London. He married Margaret Burr in 1746

Thomas Gainsborough : the harvest wagon : Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 28 April-9 July 1995, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 29 July-9 October 1995 by Paul Spencer-Longhurst( Book )

7 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters by Thomas Gainsborough( Book )

13 editions published between 1961 and 1963 in English and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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