Reynolds

Japanese: レーノルズ

British painter. Born in Plimpton, Devonshire. He was the first president of the newly established Royal Academy in 1768, and served as court painter to King George III, and occupied a leading position in the British art world in the late 18th century. He specialized in historical paintings and portraits, and established a portrait style that combined the elegant style of Van Dyck with Rembrandt's chiaroscuro. Among his approximately 2,000 portraits, his most famous are Lady Sarah Bunbury Making an Offering to the Three Gods (1765, Art Institute of Chicago) and Lady Sarah Siddons as a Tragic Muse (1784, Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino).
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Reynolds

British engineer. Professor at Owens College, Manchester in 1868. Contributed to the research and application of hydraulics and fluid mechanics, and discovered the Reynolds number, which limits turbulence, and the Reynolds law of similarity for fluid motion (1883).
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英国の画家。デボンシャーのプリンプトン生れ。1768年新設のローヤル・アカデミーの初代会長，ジョージ３世の宮廷画家などを務め，18世紀後半の英国美術界で指導的地位を占めた。歴史画と肖像画を得意とし，ファン・デイク風の優美な様式に，レンブラント的な明暗法を加味した肖像画様式を樹立。約2000点の肖像画の中で《三義神に供物を捧げるサラ・バンベリー夫人》（1765年，シカゴ美術館蔵），《悲劇のミューズに扮するサラ・シドンズ夫人》（1784年，サン・マリノ，ハンティントン図書館美術館蔵）が有名。
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