The Portraits

The Portrait of 18th century
William Hogarth
Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Gainsborough
Francis Bacon
Contents
The Portrait of 20th century
The comparative characteristic

The portrait of this epoch famous for its realism, brightness and expressiveness.
XVIII century

William Hogarth
W. Hogarth was the first major artist to reject the foreign influence and establish a kind of art whose themes and subjects were thoroughly British.
(1697-1764)

The Shrimp Girl, 1740-1743, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, UK

Captain Thomas Coram, 1740,
oil on canvas,
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, London, UK

The Graham Children, 1742,
oil on canvas
the Gallery, London, UK

Joshua Reynolds
(1723-1793)
Reynolds was born at Plymton. He broke the rules and showed in his practice that the portrait could and should be also a full complex work of art on many levels. For him each model was not just a physical fact to be depicted but rather a story to be told.

Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, 1783-84, Oil on canvas,
Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, USA.

(1727-1788)
Thomas Gainsborough
Contrasts of light and shade with flowing and broken lines produce an impression of animation and mobility which is characteristic of Gainsborough.

Robert Andrews and His Wife Frances, about 1748-49,
oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, UK

Mrs. Sarah Siddons, 1785,
oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, UK

The comparative characteristic
Sir J. Reynolds
T. Gainsborough