One hundred years ago, Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (1770) became the most expensive painting in the world when American collectors Henry and Arabella Huntington purchased the masterpiece ...

THE DAILY PIC (#1749): This, of course, is The Blue Boy, painted in 1770 by Thomas Gainsborough and the greatest treasure of the Huntington Library near Pasadena. I say “of course,” but it is ...

Few other paintings in art history have become such a powerful symbol of non-conformist gender identity and same-sex attraction, writes Matthew Wilson. A record number of visitors queued outside ...

The contenders are Thomas Gainsborough's 18th-century painting Blue Boy and Kehinde Wiley's very 21st-century Portrait of a Young Gentleman. The two young men are sportily dressed and look ...

After months in the conservation lab at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California, Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (around 1770) is ready to go back ...

A painting by Thomas Gainsborough described as a masterpiece of British art is returning to the UK. The Blue Boy (1770) will go on show at the National Gallery in London from 25 January next year ...

And now he’s coming home, a century after he left Britain. The Blue Boy, Gainsborough’s 1770 masterpiece, with his enigmatic stare and lavish outfit, has long captivated art lovers — and ...

LONDON — Thomas Gainsborough’s 18th century painting “The Blue Boy” goes on show at London’s National Gallery this week, 100 years after it was bought and shipped from Britain to the ...

A record number of visitors queued outside the National Gallery in January 1922, despite the drizzly conditions, to see a single painting: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy (c 1770). The artwork was ...

Thomas Gainsborough's 18th century painting Blue Boy inspired 21st century painter Kehinde Wiley, and they're being shown across from each other... 2 portraits of young men face off — and show a ...