THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH ( )

Gainsborough is noted for his portraits, but before he started doing portraits he was a painter of landscapes. He still included landscapes even in his portrait painting. In the painting of Mr.and Mrs. Andrews the landscape is as equally important as the subjects. Evidently they are the landowners, but not the ones who work the land.

Sarah Siddons Sarah Siddons was a famous actress during that time. Gainsborough was one of the artists she commissioned to paint her portrait. It is said he had trouble getting her nose to look just right.

The Painter's Daughters, Margaret and Mary, Chasing Butterfly

The Painter's Daughters, Margaret and Mary, Holding a Cat

The Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher

Duchess of Beaufort

Blue Boy

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

William Hallett and His Wife Elizabeth, known as "The Morning Walk"

Captain William Wade

The Harvest Wagon

Seascape

São Paulo Museum of Art by Gabriel Argimon Established 1947 The São Paulo Museum of Art (in Portuguese, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, or MASP) is an important fine-art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo, in Brazil. Famous for an imposing building which houses its collections, it is an authentic landmark of the largest Brazilian city. The museum is renowned for its extraordinary collection gathered since the end of World War II. Internationally recognized for its diversity and quality, the museum's holdings are considered the most important of Latin America and all Southern Hemisphere, with thousands of works ranging in period from antiquity to contemporary art.