Gainsborough in London

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By Susan Sloman

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Gainsborough in London explores the final and most significant chapter of Thomas Gainsborough's career from 1774 to 1788. It details his role as a founding member of the Royal Academy and how he established himself amid London's rise as an artistic hub. The book provides in-depth insights into Gainsborough's home, studio design, and the influential patrons he attracted. It also reexamines his complex relationship with the Royal Academy through his exhibited works, covering his full artistic range from portraits to landscapes and fancy pictures.
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This detailed and scholarly yet accessible book is ideal for art historians, collectors, and admirers of 18th-century British art, as well as readers interested in the cultural history of London and the Royal Academy.

A fuller, richer picture of an artist at the height of his powers

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Thomas Gainsborough’s (1727–88) London years, from 1774 to 1788, were the pinnacle and conclusion of his career. They coincided with the establishment of the Royal Academy, of which Gainsborough was a founding member, and the city’s ascendance as a centre for the arts.

Gainsborough in London is a meticulously researched and readable account of how Gainsborough designed his home and studio, and maintained a growing schedule of influential patrons, making a place for himself in the art world of late-18th-century London.

New material about Gainsborough’s technique is based on examinations of his pictures and firsthand accounts by studio visitors. His fractious relationship with the Royal Academy and its exhibition culture is reexamined through the works he sent to its annual shows.

The full range of Gainsborough’s art, from fashionable portraits to landscapes and fancy pictures, is addressed in this major contribution, not just to the study of a great artist, but to 18th-century studies in general.

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Critics praise Susan Sloman for her illuminating study, especially her exploration of Gainsborough’s studio practices and relationships, such as with Carl Friedrich Abel (Apollo). World of Interiors highlights the book’s scholarly yet readable appraisal and emotional depth in understanding the artist. Duncan Robinson in The Burlington Magazine lauds it as a monumental contribution to 18th-century British art scholarship and Gainsborough’s oeuvre.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780956800787

Publisher: Modern Art Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Modern Art Press

Illustration: 246 color + b-w illus.

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 412

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Arts & Culture European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Susan Sloman

About the Author

Susan Sloman is an independent scholar and curator.