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Thomas Gainsborough

1727 - 1788

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Thomas Gainsborough (; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gained greater satisfaction from his landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Gainsborough is the 205th most popular painter (up from 221st in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 455th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Painter.

Thomas Gainsborough is most famous for his portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.

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Among painters, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 205 out of 2,023. Before him are Niko Pirosmani, Maurice Utrillo, Johannes Itten, Han van Meegeren, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Eugène Boudin. After him are Hendrik Goltzius, Sonia Delaunay, Francis Picabia, Rosso Fiorentino, Charles-François Daubigny, and Francesco Guardi.

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Among people born in 1727, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 3. Before him are Louise Élisabeth of France, and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. After him are Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Jean-Georges Noverre, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Empress Xiaoyichun, Henriette of France, Michel Adanson, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena. Among people deceased in 1788, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 4. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. After him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Charles Edward Stuart, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, José, Prince of Brazil, and Infante Gabriel of Spain.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 524 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Firth (1960), Alan Parker (1944), Frederick Forsyth (1938), Richard Hughes (1975), Richard Owen (1804), and John Donne (1572). After him are Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), Kenny Baker (1934), Ian Holm (1931), Theresa May (1956), David Brewster (1781), and Cynric (450).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 6. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), Frederic Leighton (1830), William Hogarth (1697), John Constable (1776), and John Everett Millais (1829). After him are John Collier (1850), Edwin Landseer (1802), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), and William Holman Hunt (1827).

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