{"product_id":"gainsborough-1","title":"Gainsborough","description":"** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves'' John Carey, Sunday Times \u003cbr\u003e''Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life'' Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Gainsborough lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a shockingly loose, libidinous manner and a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Hamilton reveals the artist in his many contexts: the talented Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his craft in the shadow of Hogarth; the society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by charming the right people into his studio. With fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58333480485199,"sku":"9781474601061","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/gainsborough-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}