biography
| name: |
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
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pronunciation:
[renuhldz]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1723–92)
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| biography:
| Portrait painter, born in Plympton, Devon, SW England, UK. He studied art in London, and also in Rome (1749–52), then established himself in London, and by 1760 was at the height of his fame as a portrait painter. His works include ‘Dr Samuel Johnson’ (c.1756, National Portrait Gallery, London) and ‘Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse’ (1784, San Marino, CA). He became the first president of the Royal Academy (1768), and was knighted in 1769. He left well over 2000 works, from which 700 engravings have been made. |
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