Join us for a new series of Art History lectures focusing on artists, artworks and art movements that played important roles in the development of Modern Art from the 1850’s to the 1920’s. You will find “Art History for the Rest of Us” as presented on the first Tuesday of the month by Dee Kilgo Ph.D. to be highly entertaining and informative. All proceeds go to support the educational programs at DFAC (thanks Dee)!
Thomas Gainsborough and the Blue Boy
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In 1922, the New York Times reported that ” Gainsborough’s ‘Blue Boy’ is even more well-known than the Mona Lisa.” This iconic painting, originally titled “Portrait of a Young Gentleman,” was first exhibited in London in 1770. When admiring critics called it “The Blue Boy,” the nickname stuck. In 1922, the painting came to America when it was sold to American railway tycoon Henry Huntington. Its $728,000 sale price was the highest price ever paid for a painting at that time. Learn how and why Gainsborough created this iconic masterpiece (which was not a commissioned work) and what prompted the painting’s extraordinary fame. |
Members $20 – Non-Members $25
All proceeds go to support the educational programs at DFAC (thanks Dee)!