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THE FANTASTIC TRIO:
HOGARTH
REYNOLDS
GAINSBOUROUGH
Hogarth
HOGARTHSatirist, Engraver, Portrait Painter
a keen and humorous observer of human behaviour
An intuitive realist, primarily concerned with expressive rather than formal values
he believed in art as a vital creative force in society
Marriage a la Mode seriesThe Marriage Contract
The Shrimp
Girl
Self-portrait with a pug dog
The Portrait of
Captain Coram
Sir Joshua ReynoldsOutstanding British
painter
Sir Joshua Reynolds
an important and influential English painter of the 18th century
He conceived his portraits in terms of history painting
Turned to Old Masters
Was the 1st president of Royal Academy
Paintings with a life and grandeur
Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse
Portrait of Nelly O’Brein
Thomas Gainsborough
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
Painter and Musician
“I’m a landscape painter”, he said, “and yet they come to me for portraits.”
Amateur violinist and a lover or drama
an essentially artistic person
A woman’s painter
Painted portraits within the landscape
Portrait of Mrs
Siddons
Portrait of Mrs
Sheridan
Portrait of Mr and Mrs Andrews
The Blue Boy