Hogarth was born in the City of London into a lower-middle-class family. In his youth he took up an apprenticeship with an engraver, but did not complete the apprenticeship. His father underwent periods of mixed fortune, and was at one time imprisoned in lieu of payment of outstanding debts, an event that is thought to have informed William's paintings and prints with a hard edge.
Vida y carrera
Influenced by French and Italian painting and engraving, Hogarth's works are mostly satirical caricatures, sometimes bawdily sexual, mostly of the first rank of realistic portraiture. They became widely popular and mass-produced via prints in his lifetime, and he was by far the most significant English artist of his generation. Charles Lamb deemed Hogarth's images to be books, filled with "the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words. Other pictures we look at; his pictures we read."
Datos clave
- Born: November 10, 1697 in London, England
- Fallecimiento: 1764
- Campo: Art
Legado e impacto
The influence of William Hogarth extends far beyond his own lifetime. He fundamentally shaped visual arts and creative expression, and his works and artistic innovations remain foundational to this day.
Though he passed away in 1764, his ideas continue to be studied, debated, and built upon by scholars and practitioners worldwide.
William Hogarth sigue siendo una de las mentes más celebradas surgidas de England, prueba del rico legado intelectual de la región.
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