Gainsborough in London

Susan Sloman

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Modern Art Press
23 March 2021

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Art & design styles: Romanticism; Individual artists, art monographs; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Thomas Gainsborough’s (1727–88) London years, from 1774 to 1788, were the pinnacle and conclusion of his career. They coincided with the establishment of the Royal Academy, of which Gainsborough was a founding member, and the city’s ascendance as a center for the arts. This is a meticulously researched and readable account of how Gainsborough designed his home and studio and maintained a growing schedule of influential patrons, making a place for himself in the art world of late-18th-century London. New material about Gainsborough’s technique is based on examinations of his pictures and firsthand accounts by studio visitors. His fractious relationship with the Royal Academy and its exhibition culture is reexamined through the works he sent to its annual shows. The full range of Gainsborough’s art, from fashionable portraits to landscapes and fancy pictures, is addressed in this major contribution, not just to the study of a great artist, but to 18th-century studies in general.

By: Susan Sloman
Imprint: Modern Art Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.994kg
ISBN: 9780956800787
ISBN 10: 0956800785
Pages: 412
Publication Date: 23 March 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Sloman is an independent scholar and curator.

Reviews for Gainsborough in London

Sloman is at her most illuminating when discussing the practical realities of studio practice [and] makes a convincing case for the significance of the relationship between Gainsborough and the viola-da-gamba player Carl Friedrich Abel. -Kirsten Tambling, Apollo