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England’s greatest portrait painter — in a classic biography. Reynolds by Samuel Levy Bensusan is a classic life of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), written for the celebrated Masterpieces in Colour series and paired with reproductions of his most famous paintings.
Reynolds dominated British art in the eighteenth century. As the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, founded in 1768, he shaped the taste of a nation: his grand portraits of aristocrats, military heroes, and literary figures defined the “Grand Manner” style, while his famous Discourses lectures laid down principles of art that students still study today.
Bensusan traces Reynolds’s rise from a Devonshire childhood to the heights of London society, where sitters queued for the honor of being painted by him — an essential introduction to Bensusan’s Edwardian prose has its own charm — this is art history as it was written when Reynolds’s fame was still fresh. one of art history’s towering figures.
Reynolds
Reynolds by Samuel Levy Bensusan is a classic biography of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), England’s greatest portrait painter. Written for the celebrated Masterpieces in Colour series, this volume pairs Bensusan’s lively text with reproductions of Reynolds’s most famous paintings.
Reynolds dominated British art in the 18th century. As the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, founded in 1768, he shaped the taste of a nation. His grand portraits of aristocrats, military heroes, and literary figures defined the “Grand Manner” style, while his famous Discourses lectures laid down principles of art that students still study today.
Bensusan traces Reynolds’s rise from a Devonshire childhood to the heights of London society, where sitters queued for the honor of being painted by him. Along the way, the reader meets the great figures of Georgian England who passed through his studio.
An essential introduction to one of art history’s towering figures, perfect for lovers of classic painting and portraiture.
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