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Joshua Reynolds

1723 - 1792

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Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. The art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century, while Lucy Peltz says he was "the leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of art." He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting, which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts and was knighted by George III in 1769. He has been referred to as the 'master who revolutionised British Art.' Reynolds had a famously prolific studio that produced over 2,000 paintings during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joshua Reynolds is the 260th most popular painter (down from 226th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 464th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Painter.

Joshua Reynolds is most famous for his portraits of the English aristocracy.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Joshua Reynolds ranks 260 out of 2,023Before him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Judith Leyster, István Sándorfi, Hans Holbein the Elder, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Antoine-Jean Gros. After him are Henri Fantin-Latour, Rosalba Carriera, Nicholas Hilliard, Hendrick Avercamp, Cosimo Rosselli, and Peder Severin Krøyer.

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Among people born in 1723, Joshua Reynolds ranks 5Before him are Adam Smith, Baron d'Holbach, Frederick V of Denmark, and Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. After him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Jean-François Marmontel, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, and Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Among people deceased in 1792, Joshua Reynolds ranks 7Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Gustav III of Sweden, Maria Luisa of Spain, Frederick North, Lord North, and Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe. After him are Richard Arkwright, Johann van Beethoven, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joshua Reynolds ranks 663 out of 8,785Before him are Kate Winslet (1975), Patrick White (1912), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Gustav Holst (1874), Oliver Reed (1938), and Hank Marvin (1941). After him are James Wilson (1742), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Gordon Banks (1937), and John Ross (1777).

Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Joshua Reynolds ranks 9Before him are William Hogarth (1697), John Constable (1776), John Everett Millais (1829), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Collier (1850), and Edwin Landseer (1802). After him are Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), William Holman Hunt (1827), Leonora Carrington (1917), John Tenniel (1820), and Richard Hamilton (1922).