Gainsborough

Descriere Gainsborough

** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer ** \n \n 'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times \n 'Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review \n \n Thomas Gainsborough lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a shockingly loose, libidinous manner and a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings. \n \n James Hamilton reveals the artist in his many contexts: the talented Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his craft in the shadow of Hogarth; the society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by charming the right people into his studio. With fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him. \n

Detalii

Brand

WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

Categorie

ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9781474601061

Magazine

1

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