Gainsborough: A Portrait

di James Hamilton (Autore)

Orion Publishing Co, 2018

** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer ** 'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review Thomas Gainsborough lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a shockingly loose, libidinous manner and a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings. James Hamilton reveals the artist in his many contexts: the talented Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his craft in the shadow of Hogarth; the society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by charming the right people into his studio. With fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.

• Autore: James Hamilton
• Editore: Orion Publishing Co
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 480 p.
• Dimensioni: 199 x 145 mm
• Peso: 345 gr.
• EAN: 9781474601061

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