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Line 1: − == Thomas Gainsborough == − [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ''was a professional rebel. He found English art sycophantic, and determined to make it independent. Instead of working for a few rich patrons, he evolved the idea of making his living out of popular engravings of his pictures. He believed that the lack of a native school of painting was largely due to the fashions imposed on a credulous public by connoisseurs and critics and he waged continual war on taste and the Old Masters. '' <ref>[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58655295 cfr:Page 9]</ref>
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'''English Painting''' has a long and rich history.
'''English Painting''' has a long and rich history.
== Sir Joshua Reynolds ==
== Sir Joshua Reynolds ==