Gainsborough in London by Susan Sloman

It was said of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) that, “though he is a shy man he knows he is one of the first geniuses in Europe”
Philip Thicknesse, 1773

This beautiful coffee table book Gainsborough in London looks at the last phase of the painter’s life. It covers a period of about fifteen years and rather than a biography, instead a collection of thematic explorations of the artist’s career based on a re-examination of the paintings, drawing and prints and the unearthing of new documents.

Whilst portraiture took him to the top of his profession, landscape was always his first love, and in London he remained dedicated as ever to imaginative landscape drawing and painting. His ability to paint portraits and landscape with equal success set him apart from most English artists.

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