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Joshua Reynolds was an influential English painter, recognized for his portraits and landscapes. Born on July 16, 1723, and passing away on February 23, 1792, Reynolds played a significant role in the development of the English portrait school and is often considered the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Famous Joshua Reynolds Quotes

“The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent colors, have the effect of grandeur.”

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Author:Joshua Reynolds

“The great use of copying, if it be at all useful, should seem to be in learning color; yet even coloring will never be perfectly attained by servilely copying the model before you.”

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Book:The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Source: The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

“It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He was both the first and the greatest master of this art. By a few strokes he knew how to mark the general image and character of whatever object he attempted.”

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Book:Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy

Source: Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy

“Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little more than chiaroscuro... and the other, by making the colors very distinct and forcible... but still, the presiding principle of both those manners is simplicity.”

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Author:Joshua Reynolds

“The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or artful play of little lights, or an attention to a variety of tints is to be avoided; a quietness and simplicity must reign over the whole work, to which a breadth of uniform and simple color will very much contribute.”

Source: The Literary works of sir Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy

“Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed.”

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Book:The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Illustr. by explanatory notes & plates by John Burnet

Source: The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Illustr. by explanatory notes & plates by John Burnet

“The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward choose for more particular application. The power of drawing, modeling, and using colors, is very properly called the language of the art.”

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Book:The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Source: The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds