Thomas Bardwell
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Portraiture, Decorative arts, Art Work
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Thomas Bardwell |
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1704 |
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1767 |
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Quick Facts
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Portraiture, Decorative arts, |
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Painting
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Biography
| Thomas Bardwell was known as a portrait and decorative painter, and writer on technique. He was first recorded doing decorative painting in 1728, shortly before settling at Bungay, running a decorative painting firm which his brother Robert took over in 1738. Between 1729 and 1741, he executed a certain number of overmantels and views of country houses, and his few conversation pieces date 1736-40. His dated portraits on the scale of life begin 1741 with 'Lord Rochford' a Suffolk peer, to whom he dedicated The Practice of Painting and Perspective made Easy, 1756, which is almost entirely an original work, of which Edwards admits "the instructions. . .are the best that have hitherto been published". It has been demonstrated by analysis that he gives an accurate account of his own practice (Talley and Groen, 1975). He certainly visited London in the 1740s and 1750s, but it is not clear if he ever lived there at all rather than at Bungay. In 1752/3 he made a visit through Yorkshire to Scotland, where he painted a number of portraits. From at least 1759 he was settled at Norwich where he had a good practice. His style and his use of Van Dyck costume is parallel to that of Hudson. |
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