Joshua Reynolds | |
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![]() Self-portrait, c. 1750 | |
Born | |
Died | 23 February 1792 Leicester Fields, London, England | (aged 68)
Resting place | St Paul's Cathedral |
Education | Plympton Free Grammar School |
Notable work | The Age of Innocence |
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Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century.[1] He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting, which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts and was knighted by George III in 1769.