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William Hogarth
William Hogarth was an English painter, engraver, satirist, cartoonist and writer. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Familiarity with his work is so widespread that satirical political illustrations in this style…
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culture · English painter, engraver and satirist (1697–1764) · painter · caricaturist · illustrator · graphic artist · printmaker · exlibrist · draftsperson · visual artist · proofreader · engraver · also William Hogarth, Uilʹi︠a︡m Khogart, Guglielmo Hogarth, Khogart, William Horarth, Hogardt
Born 10 November 1697 · Died 26 October 1764 · Q171344
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2026· 2 entries
MutualArt.com: William Hogarth
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: William Hogarth works at London’s oldest hospital to be restored
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2022· 1 entry
The Hindu: Five artists reinterpreted William Hogarth’s 1751 painting to give a fresh take on gin
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2021· 3 entries
The Financial Times: William Hogarth at Tate Britain — a brake on progress
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The Art Newspaper: New William Hogarth survey at Tate Britain cuts the John Bull
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Wall Street Journal: William Hogarth Was an Artist, Not a Gentleman
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2019· 2 entries
The Art Newspaper: A journey through William Hogarth’s ‘moral geography’ of London and beyond
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Sir John Soane's Museum, which owns both The Rake's Progress and The Humours of an Election, held an exhibition which assembled all Hogarth's series of paintings, and his series of engravings, in one place for the first
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2018· 1 entry
bleedingcool: The Works Of William Hogarth on the Walls Of Blacks Club in London
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2015· 1 entry
Artnet: At Pittsburgh’s Frick, William Hogarth Shows His Chops as a Painter
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2014· 1 entry
Both Hogarth's House and the Foundling Museum held special exhibitions to mark the 250th anniversary of his death
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2006· 1 entry
“s play The Art of Success, whilst he is played by Toby Jones in the 2006 television film A Harlot”
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1764· 1 entry
Died 1764-10-26.
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1697· 1 entry
Born 1697-11-10.
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