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Who said Joshua Reynolds was one of the major European painters of the 18th century?

  • John Russell

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  • Isaac Newton

  • William Blake

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John Russell was an English art historian and writer, who wrote a biography of Joshua Reynolds, which was published in 1939. In this biography, Russell said that Reynolds was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He also said that Reynolds was a master of portraiture and landscape painting, and that he was one of the most influential painters of his time.
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