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Thomas Hudson (1701–1779) was an English painter, almost exclusively of portraits. Life. Hudson was born in Devonshire in 1701. [1] . His exact birthplace is unknown. He studied under Jonathan Richardson [2] in London and, against the latter's wishes, married Richardson's daughter at some point before 1725. [citation needed]
Thomas Hudson (born 1701, Devon, Eng.—died Jan. 26, 1779, Twickenham, Middlesex, Eng.) was an English portrait painter, who forms an important link in the apostolic succession of English portrait painters and was praised by contemporaries for his ability to catch a likeness.
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Thomas Hudson. (1701-1779), Portrait painter and art collector. Artist associated with 182 portraits. Hudson was a portrait painter, born in Devon. He trained under the successful portrait painter Jonathan Richardson, later marrying his daughter. He had many artistic friends including William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay and Francis Hayman.
Thomas Hudson was born in Devon, and gained renown as a portrait painter, acquiring the patronage of London society during the 1740s and 1750s. He trained under the successful portrait painter Jonathan Richardson, later marrying his daughter.
Exeter, 8 Dec.); d Twickenham, Middlesex [now in Greater London], 26 Jan. 1779). English portrait painter, a pupil of Jonathan Richardson the Elder, whose daughter he married. From the mid-1740s to the mid-1750s he was the leading fashionable portraitist in London, rivalled only by Ramsay.
Between 1742 and the mid 1750's Hudson was the most fashionable painter in London, his main rival being Ramsay, but in the 1750's his former pupil Joshua Reynolds began to receive commissions from his former patrons.
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Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) was a portrait painter and an art collector from Devon. He was a pupil of the English artist and collector Jonathan Richardson (1665–1745), whose daughter Mary he...
