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Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (July 16, 1723 – February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of 18th century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy. George III appreciated his merits and knighted him in 1769.
Reynolds was born in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, on 16 July 1723, and apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable portrait painter Thomas Hudson, with whom he remained until 1743. From 1749 to 1752, he spent over two years in Italy, mainly in Rome, where he studied the Old Masters and acquired a taste for the "Grand Style". From 1753 on, he lived and worked in London. He became a close friend of Dr Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Burke, Henry Thrale, David Garrick and fellow artist Angelica Kauffmann. He was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Arts: he encouraged that society's interest in contemporary art and, with Gainsborough, established the Royal Academy as a spin-out organisation.
Many of his works show children in various states of un-dress. It is unlikely that such an interest would escape criticism in today's world, regardless of artistic merit.
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Joshua Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, David Boreanaz, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, Zac Efron, Joel McHale, John Krasinski, Nathan Fillion.
nickryan (Nick Ryan) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:53:20 -0000
Joshua Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, David Boreanaz, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, Zac Efron, Joel McHale, John Krasinski, Nathan Fillion.
@BestTourGuide is #proudofplymouth because of it's inspiring personalites Past/Present & Future from Joshua Reynolds to Tom Daley
inplymouth (inplymouth.com) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:51:25 -0000
@BestTourGuide is #proudofplymouth because of it's inspiring personalites Past/Present & Future from Joshua Reynolds to Tom Daley
I love #plymouth because of it's inspiring personalites & characters Past/Present&Future from Joshua Reynolds/William Cookworthy & Tom Daly
BestTourGuide (Janie Dymock) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:45:30 -0000
I love #plymouth because of it's inspiring personalites & characters Past/Present&Future from Joshua Reynolds/William Cookworthy & Tom Daly
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. - Sir Joshua Reynolds
artjocke (VSmithGalleries) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:10:48 -0000
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. - Sir Joshua Reynolds
I just got done watching The proposal....man I am in love with a new man....sorry Joshua you need to look like Ryan Reynolds
alishaoneme (alisha loyd) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:02:09 -0000
I just got done watching The proposal....man I am in love with a new man....sorry Joshua you need to look like Ryan Reynolds
@Chris_Penberthy my wife just read a biography of Sir Joshua Reynolds in book of 50 famous people : constable / wren et al :-)
teedp (Nathaniel Davis) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:29:15 -0000
@Chris_Penberthy my wife just read a biography of Sir Joshua Reynolds in book of 50 famous people : constable / wren et al :-)
ARC: Joshua Reynolds - Collection of images and short biography.
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Joshua Reynolds - Collection of artist's works from the Wallace Collection with a biography.
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