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Independent eye; Thomas Gainsborough.(paintings; Tate Britain Gallery; London, England)
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November 23, 2002
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A glittering exhibition that shows he wasn't so conventional after all
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-88) seems the very model of an old master, whose paintings are so familiar they barely rate a second glance. Yet the Gainsborough retrospective at London's Tate Britain gallery (until January 19th) restores his stature as a bright young spark, challenging the standards of his time and pointing the way towards the future.
In Georgian England, the dominant painter and arbiter of taste was Joshua Reynolds, president of the newly established Royal Academy. While ...
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