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Thomas Gainsborough Lithograph Print Landscape w/Cattle

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Thomas Gainsborough Lithograph Print Landscape w/Cattle
Artist: Thomas GainsboroughTitle: Landscape with Cattle * Original in National Gallery- London, EnglandMedium: Lithograph print on paperImage size: 15 3/4" x 11 3/4"Sheet size: 20 1/4" x 15 1/2"Condition: ExcellentBiography: * Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was noted for the speed with which he applied his paint, * and he worked more from his observations of nature (and of human nature) * than from any application of formal academic rules. The poetic * sensibility of his paintings caused Constable * to say, "On looking at them, we find tears in our eyes and know not * what brings them." He himself said, "I'm sick of portraits, and wish * very much to take my viol-da-gam and walk off to some sweet village, * where I can paint landskips (sic) and enjoy the fag end of life * in quietness and ease." This likeness of landscapes is shown in the way * he merged the figures of the portraits with the scenes behind them. His * later work was characterised by a light palette and easy, economical * strokes *