Sosnovsky did not promote his art or himself, or try to be a fashionable painter.
In 1650's he was one of the most fashionable painters of Rotterdam.
He has been called the most fashionable painter towards the close of the Second French Empire.
Between them they established the basic English portrait style followed by less fashionable painters for decades.
Tuke favoured rough, visible brush strokes, at a time when a smooth, polished finish was favoured by fashionable painters and critics.
All the fashionable painters of their day--and the result too melancholy for words!
What a way for a fashionable painter to travel!
Grimaldi was one of the most fashionable painters of his day having worked extensively for Cardinal Mazarin.
After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter.
The building was different, the smog was even thicker, and Monet and Co were to go on to become the most fashionable painters of our times.