British Painter and Printmaker, 1697-1764
English painter and engraver. He played a crucial part in establishing an English school of painting, both through the quality of his painting and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. He also demonstrated that artists could become independent of wealthy patrons by publishing engravings after their own paintings.
Artist: HOGARTH, William Painting: An Election Entertainment f Introduction: 1754
Oil on canvas, 100 x 127 cm
Sir John Soane's Museum, London
The Marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox f Painting ID:: 7500
Artist: HOGARTH, William Painting: The Marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox f Introduction: c. 1729
Oil on canvas, 128,3 x 103 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Marriage a la Mode 1 Painting ID:: 7501
Artist: HOGARTH, William Painting: Marriage a la Mode 1 Introduction: c. 1743
Oil on canvas, 70 x 91 cm
National Gallery, London
Marriage a la Mode 4 Painting ID:: 7502
Artist: HOGARTH, William Painting: Marriage a la Mode 4 Introduction: 1743
Oil on canvas, 70 x 91 cm
National Gallery, London
British Painter and Printmaker, 1697-1764
English painter and engraver. He played a crucial part in establishing an English school of painting, both through the quality of his painting and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. He also demonstrated that artists could become independent of wealthy patrons by publishing engravings after their own paintings.