English painter, printmaker, graphic satirist, social commentator
and editorial cartoonist.Influenced by French and Italian paintings
and prints, although hogarth’s work is mainly realistic portrait is
given priority to, but let his reputation is mostly a satirical cartoons,
they through print is popular in his life and a lot of production,
and support him to become so far this generation is the most
important British artist.(William Hogarth, 2020)
Charles Lamb thought of Hogarth’s images as books, a “learned,
fruitful, suggestive masterpiece of the world, whose paintings we
ostensibly admire but actually read about Hogarth’s life.”
His works were judged as ironic because most of them attacked
the decadent life of the aristocracy and made a sharp contrast
between their luxury and the miserable life of the poor.
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