Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough

This is a modern introduction to the art of Thomas Gainsborough, who was one of England's greatest artists and the creator, with Joshua Reynolds, of an independent English school. Gainsborough has long been a popular and attractive figure in the history of English art, but this book shows that he was more than the well-known painter of The Blue Boy. His role as a prototype for the modern idea of the 'artist as romantic' is discussed, while his deep knowledge of the art of the past is revealed to demonstrate his eclectic yet individual reworking of older styles.Cormack, Malcolm is the author of 'Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough', published 1993 under ISBN 9780521388870 and ISBN 0521388872.