Tag: Hogarth

A brief peregrination around William Hogarth on the occasion of his 323rd Birthday

A brief peregrination around William Hogarth on the occasion of his 323rd Birthday

If Hogarth were alive he would be 323 years old today. If the pubs were open I would surely be raising a glass to the greatest painter I know. Hogarth was the first Modernist artist, a man who left us stories that are as insightful about his own time as they are about our own. ...

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Rebel Painters Part 2: ‘A National Dissection’ An anatomical analysis of Sir John Soane’s Picture Room and Soane’s curation of the work of William Hogarth

Sir John Soane: Georgian Space Explorer and Time Traveller My favourite room in London is a small well-lit panelled Georgian Picture Room at the back of an architect’s house in Lincoln’s Inn Felds. The architect was Sir John Soane  1753-1837 (portrait below) and the room is in his home which is now a wonderful museum...

Rebel Painters Part 2: ‘A National Dissection’ An anatomical analysis of Sir John Soane’s Picture Room and Soane’s curation of the work of William Hogarth »