Portrait of Mary Wise
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Thomas Gainsborough
British1727–1788Romanticism
About
Thomas Gainsborough was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he was one of the most important British artists of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gained greater satisfaction from his landscapes. He is credited as the originator of the 18th-century British landscape school. Gainsborough was a founding member of the Royal Academy.
Notable works
Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Queen Charlotte
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of The Charleton Children
at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Rocky Wooded Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Herdsman, and Cows
at National Museum Cardiff
Sir Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford (1753-1814)
at Harvard Art Museums
John Wilkinson
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr (1728-1798)
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Mrs. Robert Hingeston (died 1793)
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Works in the collection
128 works
Portrait of Mary Wise
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Queen Charlotte
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of The Charleton Children
at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Rocky Wooded Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Herdsman, and Cows
at National Museum Cardiff
Sir Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford (1753-1814)
at Harvard Art Museums
John Wilkinson
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr (1728-1798)
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Mrs. Robert Hingeston (died 1793)
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
More by Thomas Gainsborough in institutions
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, United Kingdom
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Kenwood House
Hampstead, United Kingdom
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London Borough of Southwark, United Kingdom
National Museum Cardiff
Castle, United Kingdom
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Wirral, United Kingdom
The Frick Collection
Manhattan, United States
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, United Kingdom
Courtauld Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
Cincinnati Art Museum
Eden Park, United States
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, United States
National Gallery of Victoria
City of Melbourne, Australia
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin City, Ireland
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland Region, New Zealand
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
Denver Art Museum
Denver County, United States
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, United States
British Museum
London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom
National Library of Wales
Ceredigion, United Kingdom
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Montjuïc, Spain
