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“Portrait of Duchess
de Beaufort”
Form 5(9)
Lobur Olga
Buronich Maria

“Portrait of Duchess
de Beaufort”
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was an outstanding English painter of the 18th century. He was a brilliant portraitist. He was a favourite portraitist of the aristocracy. The artist’s deep psychological approach enabled him to impart a poetic expression of individuality. Gainsborough’s “Portrait of Duchess Beaufort” is an outstanding work of art. The artist depicts a graceful and attractive young woman. She has a pleasant oval face, straight eyebrows and black eyes, a straight nose and well-shaped delicate hands. You can see that she is an aristocrat.
Her rather pale complexion is contrasted by the dark colour of the background (the dark background was traditional in Gainsborough’s time).The artist enlivens the face by a little colour on her cheeks. Her grayish hair is combed very high and fastened with a comb and a blue ribbon, as was the fashion in those days. The dress is very low cut, also according to the fashion of the day. The portrait is painted in cold colours (black, blue, grey, white). At first sight you may think that it is a traditional ceremonial portrait, but if you look attentively, you will see that her parted lips, fleeting glance, and graceful gesture of her hand help to create a true impression of the sitter’s vitality and optimism. The woman in the picture is alive, and we have a feeling that she is looking at us. 2. Make up djfferen: vpes of questions to these sentences. 3. Put the verbs in brackets into Active or Passive Voice. Use cor-ect tense form.

The portrait is painted in cold colours (black, blue, grey, white). At first sight you may think that it is a traditional ceremonial portrait, but if you look attentively, you will see that her parted lips, fleeting glance, and graceful gesture of her hand help to create a true impression of the sitter’s vitality and optimism. The woman in the picture is alive, and we have a feeling that she is looking at us.
Gainsborough was born a portraitist and a landspase painter. Each of Gainsborough’s portraits is distinct and individual. His special insight into psychology of women makes him essentially the woman’s painter. His “Duchess de Beaufort” is one of the most fascinating of his works. He adoret blue colours which belonged essentially to his spirit. Gainsborough never painted out-of-doors: he painted his landscapes from memory when he returned from his walk. In his late work “The Market Cart” painted in 1786-1787,that is shortly before Gainsborough’s death, the season is autumn, and the picture is penetrated by the richness and warmth of colour of this season, by its scents of drenched earth and marshy undergrowth. Gainsborough is the purest lyricist of English painters.