Daniel Gardner

1750–1805

Daniel Gardner, ‘The Wife and Children of John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1783-1805’ 1780
The Wife and Children of John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1783-1805 1780
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Biography

Daniel Gardner (1750 – 8 July 1805) was a British painter, best known for his work as a portraitist. He established a fashionable studio in Bond Street in London, specializing in small scale portraits in pastel, crayons or gouache, often borrowing Reynolds' poses.

By some critics Gardner is regarded as a notable artist who, however, was not an accurate draughtsman if it came to figure work especially to facial construction in some of his pastels. For others, on the other hand, it is this special looseness or facile elegance which represents the uniqueness of Gardner's style, and in which they see an anticipation of impressionism.

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Artworks

Daniel Gardner, ‘The Wife and Children of John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1783-1805’ 1780

Daniel Gardner The Wife and Children of John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1783-1805

1780
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Daniel Gardner Portrait of a Lady

date not known
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