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However, as the broadcaster and art dealer Philip Mould noted, such a valuation could be justified against a declining market in eighteenth century art thanks to the unusual diversity of the painting's subject; saying "it is hard to put a price on such a rare full-length portrait of a man of colour." Mould's brother, also an expert in British ...
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Omai of the Friendly Isles by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c.1774 William Parry's painting Sir Joseph Banks with Omai and Dr Daniel Solander, circa 1775–76. Mai (c. 1753–1779 [1]), also known as Omai in Europe, [a] was a young Ra'iatean man who became the first Pacific Islander to visit England, [2] and the second to visit Europe, after Ahutoru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768.
The seven-foot high (2.1-meter) painting is considered a masterpiece by the renowned portrait artist and is the first known grand depiction of a nonwhite subject in British art.
Exclusive: There are just two weeks to save the £50m 18th-century Joshua Reynolds painting – one of the earliest portraits of a person of colour – or it could be lost to a foreign buyer
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February 28 – Harrington Mann, Scottish-born portrait painter and decorative artist in the United States (b. 1864) March 9 – Alfred Flechtheim, German-born art dealer, collector and publisher (b. 1878) March 12 – Eveleen Tennant Myers, English portrait photographer (b. 1856) April 19 – Martin Conway, English art critic (b. 1856)
This is an incomplete list of paintings by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir painted about 4000 paintings that have sold at auction for as much as $78.1 million (in 1990). Renoir painted about 4000 paintings that have sold at auction for as much as $78.1 million (in 1990).