Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769.
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Mrs Baldwin (1782)
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Lord Heathfield, Governor of Gibraltar (1787)
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St. Cecillia (1775)
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Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse
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Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces (1765)
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Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces - Wikidata
The Strawberry Girl (1777)
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The Strawberry Girl - Wikidata
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus (1788)
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Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus - Wikidata
The Infant Samuel (1776)
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The Infant Samuel - Wikidata
“Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.”
Joshua Reynolds
Jul 16, 1723 - Feb 23, 1792