Synopsis
Sir Joshua Reynolds was the most fashionable painter of his time. His talent and ambition made him the first English painter of European stature—an especially impressive feat considering portraiture, his chosen field, was often ignored or dismissed. His position at the heart of British intellectual life gave painting a new presence and transformed the way art was made and appreciated in Britain. In Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the artist’s life and career are illuminated by Joseph Farington, a fellow painter of the next generation and the best diarist of his day. Farington, who knew Reynolds, offers a uniquely astute assessment of his importance to British art.
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About the Author
Jane Desmarais is Lecturer in English at Goldsmiths College, London. Martin Postle is Curator and Head of British Art to 1900 at the Tate Collection.
Willaim Vaughan is Professor Emeritus in History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Review
In its first publication since 1819, this book remains one of the most illuminating accounts of the life and career of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the father of English painting.
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