{"product_id":"568-the-magic-of-gainsboroughs-portraits","title":"568. THE MAGIC OF GAINSBOROUGH'S PORTRAITS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e*This lecture was inspired by the recent exhibition on Gainsborough: \u003cem\u003eThe Fashion of Portraiture\u003c\/em\u003e at the Frick Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Gainsborough stands out from the many other British portraitists of the seventeenth century. Although similarly adept at painting the faces and fashion of high society, he is singular in the way he extracted the fullness of his sitters’ characters, giving them an inner life. His love of the natural is imbued in his portraits as well as in the landscapes he often painted as background settings for them. Rather than masquerading in fancy or historical dress, his sitters wear contemporary clothing, the details of which he devotedly painted himself rather than relegating the finishing work to a studio assistant. Although they belong to a bygone world, his sitters come to life in his portraits, magically inviting us to become acquainted with them today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic of Gainsborough's Portraits\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Carol Forman Tabler\u003cbr\u003e1 session: Thursday, June 18\u003cbr\u003e10:00 – 12 noon \u003cbr\u003eFee: $30\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Frick Estate Lectures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057550553371,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thefrickestatelectures.org\/products\/568-the-magic-of-gainsboroughs-portraits","provider":"The Frick Estate Lectures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}