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William Hogarth

1697 - 1764

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William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial social satirist, 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. Familiarity with his work is so widespread that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". Hogarth was born in the City of London into a lower-middle-class family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hogarth is the 152nd most popular painter (up from 167th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Painter.

William Hogarth is most famous for his series of paintings called the "Rake's Progress" which is a series of paintings that show the story of a young man who spends his life drinking, gambling, and womanizing.

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Among painters, William Hogarth ranks 152 out of 2,023. Before him are Édouard-Henri Avril, Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, Frederic Leighton, Fernand Léger, and Filippino Lippi. After him are John Constable, Gentile Bellini, Robert Delaunay, Robert Campin, Frédéric Bazille, and Nicolai Abildgaard.

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Among people born in 1697, William Hogarth ranks 3. Before him are Canaletto, and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Antoine François Prévost, Johann Joachim Quantz, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Faustina Bordoni, Nicola Salvi, and Mahmud Hotak. Among people deceased in 1764, William Hogarth ranks 4. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Ivan VI of Russia. After him are Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, Jean-Marie Leclair, Johann Mattheson, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and Francesco Algarotti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hogarth ranks 393 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederic Leighton (1830), David Prowse (1935), Graham Greene (1904), Richard Henderson (1945), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), and M. Stanley Whittingham (1941). After him are Alcuin (735), John Lydon (1956), John Constable (1776), Ian Gillan (1945), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), and Daniel Day-Lewis (1957).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, William Hogarth ranks 3. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), and Frederic Leighton (1830). After him are John Constable (1776), John Everett Millais (1829), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Collier (1850), Edwin Landseer (1802), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), and William Holman Hunt (1827).

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