Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788

The art of Thomas Gainsborough : "a little business for the eye" by Michael Rosenthal ( Book )
8 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 760 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."--BOOK JACKET

The drawings of Thomas Gainsborough by John T Hayes ( Book )
4 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and held by 671 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough by John T Hayes ( Book )
5 editions published between 1980 and 1998 in English and Italian and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough by Nicola Kalinsky ( Book )
7 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Gainsborough : a country life by Hugh Belsey ( )
5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough as printmaker by John T Hayes ( Book )
3 editions published between 1971 and 1972 in English and held by 365 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 ( )
3 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough drawings by John T Hayes ( Book )
2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gainsborough : paintings and drawings by Thomas Gainsborough ( Book )
17 editions published between 1901 and 1992 in 5 languages and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of art by British portrait artist Thomas Gainsborough who made his mark in the 1700's

Gainsborough at Gainsborough's House by Hugh Belsey ( Book )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide