Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter of portraits. He helped to start the Royal Academy of Arts and was its first president.[1] King George III made him Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1769.
| Joshua Reynolds | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| Self-portrait, c. 1750 | |
| Born | 16 July 1723 Plympton, Devon, England |
| Died | 23 February 1792 (aged 68) Leicester Fields, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Works | The Age of Innocence |
Some critics disliked Reynolds and the Royal Academy. The Pre-Raphaelites called him "Sir Sloshua" and William Blake published a savage pamphlet Annotations to Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses in 1808. On the other hand, Turner was a strong supporter, and asked to be buried at Reynolds' side.
Reynolds has over 1000 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Despite Blake's criticisms, Reynold's Discourses had a lasting impact on the theory and practice of art.[1]
Joshua Reynolds Media
Self-portrait, aged about 24
Old Grammar School, Plympton, founded 1658, built 1664, attended by Joshua Reynolds whose father was headmaster
- JoshuaReynoldsTheCottagers.DetroitInstituteofArts
The Age of Innocence (c. 1788). Reynolds emphasized the natural grace of children in his paintings.
The hall at Loton Park, c. 1870. Showing, in situ, on the far wall Reynolds' Frances Anne Crewe (Miss Greville), as St. Genevieve (c. 1773)
Reynolds's 'Mrs Sheridan in the character of St Cecilia' was considered by the artist's nephew as a 'sight worth coming to Devonshire to see, I cannot suppose that there was ever a greater Beauty in the world, nor even Helen or Cleopatra could have exceeded her', 1775, Waddesdon Manor
Lord Heathfield (1787)
The Ladies Waldegrave (1780)
.jpg)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sir Joshua Reynolds, National Portrait Gallery, London, accessed September 2009