Thomas Hudson

Thomas Hudson
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(1701–1779) British painter (1701-1779)

Thomas Hudson (1701–1779) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Thomas Hudson belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.

Thomas Hudson was born in Bideford and died in Twickenham. Thomas Hudson studied under Jonathan Richardson. Thomas Hudson worked in London. Wikidata associates Thomas Hudson with realism. The students included Joshua Reynolds, Peter Toms, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Philip Joseph Tassaert.

The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 249 works by Thomas Hudson with free images. The dated works span the years 1701–1820. Works by Thomas Hudson are held by several collections, among them National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, and Yale Center for British Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Lambert Sigisbert Adam, Luigi Vanvitelli, Pietro Bracci, Agatha van der Myn, and Charles-Joseph Natoire.