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1733 In Art
Events from the year 1733 in art. Events * March – William Hogarth sketches Sarah Malcolm, convicted of murder, in her condemned cell in London; from this he immediately publishes an engraving and makes a painting. Works * William Hoare of Bath – Portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo * Sebastiano Ricci ** ''Baldassarre'' and ''Ester before Ahasuerus'' (Quirinal Palace, Rome) ** ''Pope Gregory the Great intercedes for souls in Purgatory'' (St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, Paris) ** ''Pope Pius V, Saints Thomas Acquinus and Peter Martyr'' (Gesuati, Venice) ** ''Saint Francisco resuscitates the child Paola'' (San Rocco, Venice) ** ''Saint Helen discovers the True Cross'' (San Rocco, Venice) Births * January 8 – Anton von Maron, Austrian painter active in Rome (died 1808) * January 18 – Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, Swiss watercolour painter (died 1794) * March 13 – Johann Zoffany, German neoclassical painter (died 1810) * March 23 – Josiah Spode, English potter (died 1797) * May †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hogarth
William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. 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''. Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". Hogarth was born in London to 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 outstanding debts, an event that is thought to have informed William's paintings and prints with a hard edge. Influenced by French and Italian painting and engraving, Hogarth's works are mostly sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
