Ophelia was so hipster, she was wearing flower crowns and posing moodily in meadows hundreds of years before the rest of us…
Gainsborough is awesome! And I think he's especially amazing because iirc he wasn't able to go study in the city until he was already in his twenties and had been working for a while - and he made a huge amount of progress quickly and relatively later in his career than most other artists.
My favorite portrait artist is a three way tie between John Singer Sargent, Henry Raeburn and Thomas Lawrence right now.
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Gainsborough is awesome! And I think he's especially amazing because iirc he wasn't able to go study in the city until he was already in his twenties and had been working for a while - and he made a huge amount of progress quickly and relatively later in his career than most other artists.
My favorite portrait artist is a three way tie between John Singer Sargent, Henry Raeburn and Thomas Lawrence right now.