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Captain Robert Ormem gyj Painting ID:: 8893
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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Captain Robert Ormem gyj 1756
Oil on canvas, 240 x 147 cm
National Gallery, London
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Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons dy Painting ID:: 8894
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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons dy 1773
Oil on canvas, 141,5 x 113 cm
National Gallery, London
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Colonel George K. H. Coussmaker, Grenadier Guards Painting ID:: 8895
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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Colonel George K. H. Coussmaker, Grenadier Guards 1782
Oil on canvas, 238,1 x 145,4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Lady Elizabeth Delm and her Children Painting ID:: 8896
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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua Lady Elizabeth Delm and her Children 1777-80
Oil on canvas, 239 x 147 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
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George Clive and his Family with an Indian Maid Painting ID:: 8897
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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua George Clive and his Family with an Indian Maid 1765
Oil on canvas, 140 x 171 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua
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English Rococo Era Painter, 1723-1792
English painter, collector and writer. The foremost portrait painter in England in the 18th century, he transformed early Georgian portraiture by greatly enlarging its range. His poses, frequently based on the Old Masters or antique sculpture, were intended to invoke classical values and to enhance the dignity of his sitters. His rich colour, strong lighting and free handling of paint greatly influenced the generation of Thomas Lawrence and Henry Raeburn. His history and fancy pictures explored dramatic and emotional themes that became increasingly popular with both artists and collectors in the Romantic period. As first president of the Royal Academy in London, he did more than anyone to raise the status of art and artists in Britain. His Discourses on Art, delivered to the students and members of the Academy between 1769 and 1790, |
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