Sir Joshua Reynolds Painting Reproductions 1 of 3
1723-1792
English Rococo Painter
Sir Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of 18th century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy. George III appreciated his merits and knighted him in 1769.
Reynolds was born in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, on 16 July 1723, and apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable portrait painter Thomas Hudson, with whom he remained until 1743. From 1749 to 1752, he spent over two years in Italy, mainly in Rome, where he studied the Old Masters and acquired a taste for the "Grand Style". From 1753 on, he lived and worked in London. He became a close friend of Dr Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Burke, Henry Thrale, David Garrick and fellow artist Angelica Kauffmann. He was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Arts: he encouraged that society's interest in contemporary art and, with Gainsborough, established the Royal Academy as a spin-out organisation.
Many of his works show children in various states of un-dress. It is unlikely that such an interest would escape criticism in today's world, regardless of artistic merit.
With his rival Thomas Gainsborough, he was the dominant English portraitist of the second half of the 18th century. Reynolds painted in more of an idealized fashion than his rival. Reynolds was a brilliant academic. His lectures (Discourses) on art, delivered at the Royal Academy between 1769 and 1790, are remembered for their sensitivity and perception. In one of these lectures he was of the opinion that "invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory." In 1789 he lost the sight of his left eye, and on 23 February 1792 he died in his house in Leicester Fields, London. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Reynolds was born in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, on 16 July 1723, and apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable portrait painter Thomas Hudson, with whom he remained until 1743. From 1749 to 1752, he spent over two years in Italy, mainly in Rome, where he studied the Old Masters and acquired a taste for the "Grand Style". From 1753 on, he lived and worked in London. He became a close friend of Dr Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Burke, Henry Thrale, David Garrick and fellow artist Angelica Kauffmann. He was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Arts: he encouraged that society's interest in contemporary art and, with Gainsborough, established the Royal Academy as a spin-out organisation.
Many of his works show children in various states of un-dress. It is unlikely that such an interest would escape criticism in today's world, regardless of artistic merit.
With his rival Thomas Gainsborough, he was the dominant English portraitist of the second half of the 18th century. Reynolds painted in more of an idealized fashion than his rival. Reynolds was a brilliant academic. His lectures (Discourses) on art, delivered at the Royal Academy between 1769 and 1790, are remembered for their sensitivity and perception. In one of these lectures he was of the opinion that "invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory." In 1789 he lost the sight of his left eye, and on 23 February 1792 he died in his house in Leicester Fields, London. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
68 Reynolds Paintings
Portrait of Lady Skipwith 1787
Oil Painting
$1699
$1699
Canvas Print
$60.04
$60.04
SKU: RSJ-3206
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 128.3 x 102.2 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 128.3 x 102.2 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Portrait of General John Burgoyne c.1766
Oil Painting
$1530
$1530
Canvas Print
$61.14
$61.14
SKU: RSJ-3207
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127 x 101.3 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127 x 101.3 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Portrait of Miss Nelly O'Brien c.1762/64
Oil Painting
$1940
$1940
Canvas Print
$61.14
$61.14
SKU: RSJ-3208
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 126.3 x 101 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 126.3 x 101 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Miss Jane Bowles 1775
Oil Painting
$998
$998
Canvas Print
$58.92
$58.92
SKU: RSJ-4827
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 91 x 70.9 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 91 x 70.9 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Mrs Elizabeth Carnac c.1775
Oil Painting
$2493
$2493
Canvas Print
$50.44
$50.44
SKU: RSJ-4828
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 240.4 x 146.4 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 240.4 x 146.4 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Mrs Susanna Hoare and Child c.1763/64
Oil Painting
$1933
$1933
Canvas Print
$61.14
$61.14
SKU: RSJ-4829
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 132.5 x 101.6 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 132.5 x 101.6 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Frances Countess of Lincoln c.1781/8
Oil Painting
$1530
$1530
Canvas Print
$57.81
$57.81
SKU: RSJ-4830
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 62 x 47 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 62 x 47 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lady Elizabeth Seymour-Conway 1781
Oil Painting
$1460
$1460
Canvas Print
$57.95
$57.95
SKU: RSJ-4831
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 61.5 x 47.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 61.5 x 47.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
The Strawberry Girl c.1772/73
Oil Painting
$816
$816
Canvas Print
$64.34
$64.34
SKU: RSJ-4832
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 76.6 x 63.7 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 76.6 x 63.7 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Mrs Mary Robinson (Perdita) c.1783/84
Oil Painting
$749
$749
Canvas Print
$63.36
$63.36
SKU: RSJ-4833
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 77 x 63.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 77 x 63.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
St John the Baptist in the Wilderness c.1776
Oil Painting
$1109
$1109
Canvas Print
$61.00
$61.00
SKU: RSJ-4834
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 132 x 102.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 132 x 102.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Mrs Jane Braddyll c.1776
Oil Painting
$1070
$1070
Canvas Print
$63.51
$63.51
SKU: RSJ-4835
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 75.5 x 63.4 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 75.5 x 63.4 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Mrs Mary Nesbitt 1781
Oil Painting
$995
$995
Canvas Print
$60.73
$60.73
SKU: RSJ-4836
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 76.5 x 63.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 76.5 x 63.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
The 4th Duke of Queensbury (Old Q) as Earl of March c.1759/60
Oil Painting
$1835
$1835
Canvas Print
$59.20
$59.20
SKU: RSJ-4837
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 91 x 67.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 91 x 67.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
The Angerstein Children 1783
Oil Painting
$1745
$1745
SKU: RSJ-4842
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: unknown
Kenwood House (The Iveagh Bequest), London, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: unknown
Kenwood House (The Iveagh Bequest), London, United Kingdom
Elizabeth, Lady Taylor c.1780
Oil Painting
$2241
$2241
Canvas Print
$61.14
$61.14
SKU: RSJ-17455
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127.3 x 102.2 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127.3 x 102.2 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Lady Cecil Rice 1762
Oil Painting
$2278
$2278
Canvas Print
$60.45
$60.45
SKU: RSJ-17456
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 126.4 x 100.6 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 126.4 x 100.6 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus 1788
Oil Painting
$1607
$1607
Canvas Print
$60.45
$60.45
SKU: RSJ-17457
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127.5 x 101 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127.5 x 101 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Captain George K. H. Coussmaker 1782
Oil Painting
$1990
$1990
Canvas Print
$50.44
$50.44
SKU: RSJ-17458
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 238 x 145.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 238 x 145.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Mrs. Elisha Mathew 1777
Oil Painting
$2515
$2515
Canvas Print
$50.44
$50.44
SKU: RSJ-17459
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 237.5 x 146.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 237.5 x 146.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore 1765
Oil Painting
$2480
$2480
Canvas Print
$50.44
$50.44
SKU: RSJ-17460
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 238 x 146.2 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 238 x 146.2 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Ladies Waldegrave 1780
Oil Painting
$2546
$2546
Canvas Print
$65.31
$65.31
SKU: RSJ-17461
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 143 x 168.3 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 143 x 168.3 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York 1764
Oil Painting
$2313
$2313
Canvas Print
$60.87
$60.87
SKU: RSJ-17462
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127 x 101.6 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 127 x 101.6 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Portrait of a Young Lady c.1760/65
Oil Painting
$839
$839
Canvas Print
$63.09
$63.09
SKU: RSJ-17463
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 76.5 x 63 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Original Size: 76.5 x 63 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria