william hogarth

William HogarthWilliam Hogarth(1697-1764)(1697-1764)

Hogarth was a son of a Hogarth was a son of a schoolmaster who was an schoolmaster who was an author of books and author of books and dictionaries and who dictionaries and who stayed for a long time in stayed for a long time in prison for debtsprison for debts

He was cut off by lack of He was cut off by lack of formal education taught formal education taught mainly by his fathermainly by his father

He was apprenticed as a He was apprenticed as a boy to a silver-plate boy to a silver-plate engraverengraver

His first attempt to His first attempt to proclaim himself as an proclaim himself as an artist was through political artist was through political satiresatire

Hogarth managed to make Hogarth managed to make himself one of the most himself one of the most skillful and popular skillful and popular painters in England within painters in England within only a few yearsonly a few years

He worked out his own He worked out his own approach to natureapproach to nature

In late 1720 he began In late 1720 he began painting small group painting small group portraitsportraits

Hogarth created a new Hogarth created a new kind of work of art. He kind of work of art. He observed attitude and observed attitude and the movement of the the movement of the figure as a form of figure as a form of languagelanguage

Hogarth`s method of Hogarth`s method of suggesting depth suggesting depth through receding through receding structures and lighting structures and lighting effects is artificial and effects is artificial and deliberatedeliberate

He loathed symmetry He loathed symmetry and put his faith in the and put his faith in the beauty of a composed beauty of a composed intricacy of formintricacy of form

««The Harlot's progressThe Harlot's progress»»

«Moll Hackabout arrives in London at the Bell Inn»

«Moll is now a kept woman, the mistress of a wealthy merchant»

«Moll beats hemp in Bridewell Prison»

«Moll has gone from kept woman to common prostitute»

«Moll dying of syphilis»

«Moll's wake»

«Marriage à-la-«Marriage à-la-MMode»ode»

1. The Marriage Settlement1. The Marriage Settlement

2. The Tête à Tête2. The Tête à Tête

3. The Inspection3. The Inspection

4. The Toilette4. The Toilette

5. The Bagnio5. The Bagnio

6. The Lady's Death6. The Lady's Death