William Hogarth is unquestionably one of the most influential English artists of his time and a man of remarkable character and thought. He is one of the great innovators in English art, both as a critic and as an artist. As an artist, he was the first to bring themes from "popular culture" into fine art, borrowing themes and subjects from Shakespeare, Milton and the theater, and was the founder of a wholly original genre of "moral histories", which continued to be described for centuries (and to this day!) as Hogarthian. As a critic, he investigated the aesthetic principles of art, which resulted in his seminal book The Analysis of Beauty (1753).
1721. Engraving. The British Museum, London, UK.
1726. Engraving. The British Museum, London, UK.
1728. Oil on canvas. Lord Iveagh, London, UK.
c.1728. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
c.1729. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
c.1730. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
c.1730. Oil on canvas. Dulwich College Picture Gallery, London, UK.
1730. Oil on canvas. Royal Collection, UK.
1747. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
c.1731. Oil on canvas. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
c.1731. Oil on canvas. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK.
1732-1734. Oil on canvas. Sir John Soane's Museum, London, UK.
1732-1734. Oil on canvas. Sir John Soane's Museum, London, UK.
1732-1734. Oil on canvas. Sir John Soane's Museum, London, UK.
1733. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1733. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Read Note.
1733. Oil on canvas. The National Trust, Bearsted Collection, Upton House, Edgehill, UK.
1735-1740. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
1736. Oil on canvas. City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
1736. Oil on canvas. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
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Engravings by Hogarth by William Hogarth. Dover Pubns, 1975.
Hogarth: Art and Politics 1750-1764 by Ronald Paulson. Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Hogarth (World of Art) by David Bindman. Thames & Hudson, 1985.
William Hogarth by Matthew Craske, William Hogarth. Princeton Univ Pr, 2000.