ART HISTORY

COLORFUL CHARACTERS

Blue Boy

BLUE BOY

• Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
• Years:1727-1788
• Nationality: English
• Style:
• Real painting name: Jonathan Buttall.
• Not commissioned.

Pinky

"PINKY"

• Artist: Thomas Lawrence
• Real painting name: Sarah Barrett Moulton.
• Years: 1769-1830
• Style:
• Nationality:English

FACTS

• A portrait shows the person's personality, not how they look.
• Neither of these portraits were painted outdoors.
• The name of the boy in the painting is Jonathan Buttall. Son of another artist, not Thomas' son.
• At 13 they sent Thomas to be a silversmith.
• Commission-When a person hires an artist to paint something and pays you a little at the start and when you're done you get the rest of the pay.
• Sarah Barrett is related to Elizabeth Barrett.
• "Pinky's" grandmother commissioned Thomas to paint a picture of "Pinky" in Jamaica

SIMILARITIES

• They're both young teenagers.
• They're both outdoors.
• They're both standing.
• They both have fancy clothing.
• They both have a full figure.
• They both have very pale faces.
• Neither of these portraits were painted outdoors.
• They are both hanging in the Huntington Library.