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Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, northeast London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951.
This is a list of films made by the British production company Gainsborough Pictures and its parent company Gaumont British between 1924 and 1950. The Gainsborough brand was first used in 1924, although several films had previously been made by the company's founders under a different name.
This portrait of Mr Robert (1725–1806) and Mrs Frances Andrews (about 1732–1780) is the masterpiece of Gainsborough’s early career. The picture remained with their descendants for over 200 years and was largely unknown until Mr George Andrews lent it to the Gainsborough Bicentenary exhibition at Ipswich in 1927.
1727 - 1788. Image: Detail from Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter, about 1748. Gainsborough was, with Reynolds (his main rival), the leading portrait painter in England in the later 18th century.
Jul 15, 2021 · This best Gainsborough Pictures movies list displays shorts as well as feature films made by Gainsborough Pictures, including theatrical releases, limited releases, and made-for-TV Gainsborough Pictures movies.
Jan 21, 2022 · 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).
BFI Screenonline: Gainsborough Pictures (1924-51) Biography. Gainsborough was founded in 1924 by Michael Balcon, and in 1927 became associated with the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, which was set up by the Ostrer brothers. Balcon became director of production for both companies.
