Artist: William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Nationality: English
Movement: English School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
After an apprenticeship to engraver, Ellis Gamble, William Hogarth began his own business in 1720. He took draughtsmanship lessons from Sir James Thornhill, although he had originally intended to pursue copper-plate engravings. In 1724, Hogarth began creating plates for booksellers. He then created individual prints before beginning a career as a portraitist in 1730. Several years after taking up painting, he began to create the satirical looks at society’s life and morals for which he is known.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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William Hogarth, Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse, 1764
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William Hogarth, The Bench, 1758
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William Hogarth, The Bruiser, 1763
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William Hogarth, Before, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Characters and Caricatures, 1743
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William Hogarth, Laughing Audience, 1733
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William Hogarth, After, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, John Wilkes, Esq, 1763
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William Hogarth, The Five Orders of Periwigs, 1761
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William Hogarth, Tailpiece, or The Bathos, 1764
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William Hogarth, O The Roast Beef of Old England, 1749
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William Hogarth, Scholars at a Lecture, 1736 - 1737
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William Hogarth, Southwark Fair, 1733 - 1734
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William Hogarth, The Bench, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, The Battle of the Pictures, 1744 - 1745
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William Hogarth, The Distressed Poet, 1736 - 1737
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William Hogarth, Enthusiam Delineated, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Simon Lord Lovat, 1746
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Samuel Ireland, Portrait of William Hogarth, 1764
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William Hogarth, One of Four Prints of an Election: The Polling (plate III), 1758
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William Hogarth, Untitled (woman boarding a carraige), 1747
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William Hogarth, The Enraged Musician, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, The Times, Plate II, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, The Enraged Musician, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Columbus Breaking the Egg, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress, plate I, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, One of Four Prints of an Election: An Election Entertainment (plate I), 1758
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate II, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate III, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate VI, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate IV, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate I, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate V, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Rake"s Progress: Plate VII, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Marriage a la Mode- Plate II, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate I (Set B), 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Marriage a la Mode- Plate I, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, Rake"s Progress: Plate VI, 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate II (Set B), 17th - 18th century
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William Hogarth, A Harlot"s Progress: Plate VI (Set B), 17th - 18th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (12)
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Bristol Museums and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on tour from the National Gallery, London
Also on display is work on the theme of the family today by Bristol school children and young people. ...
Changing Room: Past Standing: New Work by Artists from Scotland and Beyond
Artists include: Tobias Anderson (Stockholm); Julianna Capes (Edinburgh); Lucy Gibson (Leeds); Jenny Hogarth (Edinburgh); Magnus Lawrie (Glasgow); Cecilia Lundqvist (Stockholm); Andrew MacKenzie (Edinburgh); Ellen Munro (Edinburgh); Kevin Reid (Du...
Tate Liverpool: Mark Wallinger: Credo
Wallinger came to prominence in Britain in the 1980s and has since earned an international reputation. He was nominated for the 1995 Turner Prize and recently completed a new piece of work, Ecce Homo, for Trafalgar Square, ...
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on Tour from the National Gallery, London
'Family Fortunes' focuses attention on shifting attitudes towards the family from the 16th century to the present day. For example, the sentimental appreciation of children and childish pleasures which emerged in the 18th century is reflected ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: William Kentridge: First American Retrospective
Kentridge’s short animations are an ongoing narrative featuring the pin-stripe-suited, factory owner Soho Eckstein, whose guilt-laden memory characterizes one aspect of contemporary South Africa. His alter ego, Felix Teitlebaum, who competes for t...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Figurative Art at the End of the Century
Many of these works have only just been acquired by the Tate and are on show in Liverpool for the first time. Together, they create a powerful spectacle and raise issues ...
Sherborne House and Gallery Holt: John Piper: A Versatile Artist
It is fitting that Sherborne House, which plans to become a major centre for culture and the visual arts in the region, should bring this important artist to the South West. Sherborne House is further delighted to offer three prints by John ...
Yale Center for British Art: The Art of Bloomsbury
The Yale Center for British Art is the final stop for this exhibition that includes masterpiece paintings from the collections of the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery (L...
Michael Werner Gallery: New Paintings by Jörg Immendorff
The iconographic language that Immendorff has cultivated throughout his career began while he was a student of Jospeh Beuys in the Sixties.  Immendorff responded to the chaos and social crises of a split Germany with a politically charged body of ...
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University : Goya: Los Caprichos
The Caprichos have never been presented in its entirety in the Washington area. Goya: Los Caprichos offers the most comprehensive overview of the suite and provides a rare opportunity for examination by print aficionados and art lovers. <...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from England's Dulwich Picture Gallery
Described as Londons most perfect gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery houses a renowned collection of European painting from ...
Skirball Cultural Center: C.O.L.A. 2001: New Work by Ten Artists
The C.O.L.A. exhibition is the culmination of the year's Individual Artist Grant-supported activities. Each artist received an award of $10,000 to encourage the creation of new work, and in recognition of individual achievement, impact in the ...

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William Hogarth | Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
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William Hogarth and 18th-Century Print Culture
William Hogarth - Olgas Gallery
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