William Hogarth

English · 1697–1764

French Realism

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.

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A Scene from The Beggar's Opera — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

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life: 1697–1764life
movement: French Realismmovement

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A Scene from The Beggar's Opera

William Hogarth · National Gallery of Art

Who William Hogarth was

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 are often referred to as "Hogarthian".

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