Nature The Calmady Children
Nature The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818 ~ 1906, and Laura Anne, 1820 – 1894) c1823 by British Painter Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 – 1830)
This is a beautiful portrait of the Calmady sisters, Emily and Laura Anne in a playful embrace as they are sitting down on a bench and in the background we can see a forest terrain.
The painting is consider to be the embodiment of unrestrained exuberance of childhood that was a critical role in the late 18th and early 19th century of European culture.
The portrait was shown at the Royal Academy, and Thomas at one time described it as “my best picture . . . one of the few I should wish hereafter to be known by.”
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A sota d'informació Cortesia Wikipedia.org
Thomas was one of 16 children born to Thomas Lawrence and Lucy Read on April 13, 1769 and was one of the five children that survived infancy.
At an early age Thomas showed is artistic talents and was consider to be a child prodigy; who at the age of 10 years was supporting his family with the pastel portraits he created.
Not only was he a self taught portraitist, però també dibuixant; i més tard s'aconseguiria ballar, esgrima, boxa i billar.
Quan Thomas es va girar 18 anys d'edat va anar a Londres i ràpidament es va establir una reputació com a retratista a l'oli, la qual cosa el va portar a rebre la seva primera comissió de reialesa de la reina Carlota (Sopia Carlota de Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744 – 1818) de Gran Bretanya i reina d'Irlanda; per un retrat que li va fer 1790.
A partir d'aleshores seria el retratista més de moda d'Europa; pintant retrats per a l'elit de la societat, fins a la seva mort a 1830 a l'edat de 60.