书 名：Gainsborough'S Blue Boy / 庚斯博罗的蓝色男孩 

作 者：Christine Riding 

出 版：Yale University Press，2022 

装 帧：平装，88页 

尺 寸：23X27 cm

为纪念庚斯博罗（Gainsborough）的《蓝色男孩》（Blue Boy, 约1770年）从美国回英国正好100年，这本插图丰富的出版物将探讨这一标志性画作对英国艺术文化的持久影响。

在19世纪，此画的名声日益壮大，庚斯博罗和他的同代人的全身肖像画受到了富有的美国收藏家的热烈追捧。《蓝色男孩》在1921年被卖给了美国铁路大亨和收藏家亨利·亨廷顿，这毫不意外地被视为一场国家悲剧——象征着经济与文化实力的转移。然而，作为英国艺术的永久大使，它的这一站旅程无疑为英国的历史、社会、文化与性格注入了至今仍能引起共鸣的思想。

本书作者克里斯汀·里丁（Christine Riding）是英国国家美术馆雅各布·罗斯柴尔德策展部的负责人，也是英国绘画部的策展人。

This richly illustrated publication explores the lasting influence of Gainsborough’s Blue Boy on British art and culture

Marking the return of Gainsborough’s Blue Boy to the UK exactly 100 years since it left for the United States, this richly illustrated publication will explore the lasting influence of this iconic painting on British art and culture. During the nineteenth century, the painting’s fame grew and full-length portraits by Gainsborough and his contemporaries became much sought after by wealthy American collectors. The sale of The Blue Boy to the American railroad magnate and collector Henry E. Huntington in 1921 was unsurprisingly viewed as a national tragedy—emblematic of a shift in economic and cultural power. However, its afterlife, as a permanent ambassador for British art, has undoubtedly fed into ideas of Britain and Britishness—its history, society, culture and character—that still resonate today. Including a select group of paintings that demonstrate the profound influence of Sir Anthony van Dyck and the old master tradition on Gainsborough’s practice and identity, Gainsborough’s Blue Boy will examine this masterpiece within the context of the National Gallery’s collection.