Wooded Landscape with Mounted Peasants

Thomas Gainsborough1772

Details

Title: Wooded Landscape with Mounted Peasants
Creator Lifespan: 1727 - 1788
Creator Nationality: British
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: 1772
Type: paintings
Rights: Gift of Mrs. Nicolas H. Noyes
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/15919
Medium: ink, lead white, and gouache on paper mounted on canvas
wall label: Gainsborough's imaginative and experimental exploration of landscape culminated in 1772 when he created this large, crayon-like drawing "in imitation of oil painting." In defiance of conventional distinctions between drawing and painting, Gainsborough developed an entirely new technique. He glued six sheets of paper together, drew on them with India ink and lead white, fixed the drawing with skim milk, mounted it on canvas, colored it with gouache, and then varnished it. I'm Sick of Portraits, and wish very much to take my Viol da Gamba and walk off to some sweet Village, where I can paint Landskips and enjoy the fag End of Life in quietness and ease. -Thomas Gainsborough, 1772
measurements: 39 1/2 x 50 3/8 in.
Artist: Gainsborough, Thomas

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