1. The most outstanding
British Painters of the
XVIII century

2. • The history of •Beginning with the
British painting is early eighteenth
intimately century, English artists
linked with the began to develop their
broader traditions of own styles in
European portraiture and
allegorical painting .
painting. German, For rather more than a
Dutch, and Flemish century England was to
artists. British see a brilliant succession
painters found of geniuses:
inspiration and •Joshua Reynolds,
guidance from their
journeys abroad, in •Thomas
Italy especially. Gainsborough
•John Constable
•William Turner.

3. Joshua Reynolds
Born in Devonshire, England
Possessed an exceptionally strong will,
determination to succeed, personal creative
power and variety of pictorial invention
Specialized in portraiture, group pictures and
historical themes
•Brought fresh tendencies to the ceremonial
portraiture
• Worked mostly with socially prominent
people
• Became an important influence on his
contemporaries

4. M st famo us canvase s:
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•Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse
•The Portrait of Admiral Keppel

5. Three Ladies Adorning
the Term of Hymen
The Portrait of Nelly O’Brien
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6. Thomas Gainsborough
Birth: Suffolk, Depicted both, the rich
England (1727); and the poor;
Acquired love of Had a longing for
rustic scenes; painting landscapes
more than for portraits;
Diversified interests
(an amateur violinist Influenced his
and lover of the successors;
drama).
Death: 1788.

7. T. Gainsborough’s Innovations
 combined two branches of art:
landscape painting and
portraiture;
 achieved phenomenon of optics
and spectroscopy;
avoided artificiality;
transient impression of
the sitters.

8. Most famous canvases:
Blue Boy Mrs. Siddons

9. Two Daughters
The Morning Walk

10. The Portrait of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrews