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Thomas Gainsborough, Mary, Countess Howe, c. 1764, oil on canvas, Kenwood House, English Heritage, Iveagh Bequest. (Courtesy American Federation of Arts)

Spotlight Gallery Talk: Thomas Gainsborough

Saturday, Jul 21, 2012
Noon - 12:20 p.m.

Beck Building
5601 Main Street Map & Directions

Thomas Gainsborough's poetic mastery of fluidly merging his portrait sitters with the landscapes they occupy does not readily belie his contentious relationship with his rival, Sir Joshua Reynolds, or the Royal Academy. Join this 20-minute spotlight gallery talk and see it for yourself in examples by this British artist from the MFAH collection and the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London.