In 1769, he became a founding member of the Royal Academy, but his relationship with the organization was thorny and he sometimes withdrew his work from exhibition. He moved to Bath in 1759 where fashionable society patronised him, and he began exhibiting in London. In 1746, he married Margaret Burr, and they became parents of two daughters. Gainsborough left home in 1740 to study art in London with Hubert Gravelot, Francis Hayman, and William Hogarth. One of his brothers, John, was known as Scheming Jack because of his passion for designing curiosities another, Humphrey, had a faculty for mechanics and was said to have invented the method of condensing steam in a separate vessel, which was of great service to James Watt. Gainsborough was the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver in Suffolk. Thomas Gainsborough FRSA (christened – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. Wooded Landscape with Rocks and Tree Stump Portrait of Molly and Peggy with drawing tools Pipe smoking farmer before the cottage door View near King's Bromley, on Trent, Staffordshireīoy in Blue (Portrait of Jonathan Buttall) Portrait of Lady Rodney, nee Anne Harley Pastoral Landscape (Rocky Mountain Valley with a Shepherd, Sheep, and Goats) Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Two Cows, and a Man on a Distant Bridge John and Ann Gravenor, with their daughters Rocky Mountain Valley with a Shepherd Sheep and Goats Landscape with Rustic Lovers Two Cows and a Man on a Distant Bridge Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter Portrait of John Campbell 5th Duke of Argyll Portrait of Lady Catherine Ponsonby, Duchess of St. Portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Edgar Half-Length wearing a Blue Dress John and Ann Gravenor with their daughters Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Linley later Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Painter's Daughters chasing a ButterflyĬoastal Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock
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