British Painter and Printmaker, 1697-1764
English painter and engraver. He played a crucial part in establishing an English school of painting, both through the quality of his painting and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. He also demonstrated that artists could become independent of wealthy patrons by publishing engravings after their own paintings. Related Paintings of HOGARTH, William :. | The Shrimp Girl sf | The Strode Family w | The Marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox f | The Painter and his Pug | Portrait of a Young Woman 46 | Related Artists:
HONDECOETER, Gillis Claesz. dDutch painter (b. ca. 1575, Antwerpen, d. 1638, Amsterdam)
Frans Hals1580-1666
Frans Hals Galleries
In the field of group portraiture his work is equalled only by that of Rembrandt. Hals's portraits, both individual and group, have an immediacy and brilliance that bring his sitters to life in a way previously unknown in the Netherlands. This effect, achieved by strong Baroque designs and the innovative use of loose brushstrokes to depict light on form, was not to the taste of critics in the 18th century and the early 19th, when his work was characterized as lazy and unfinished. However, with the rise of Realism and, later, Impressionism, Hals was hailed as a modern painter before his time. Since then his works have always been popular.
Jacobus Hendrikus MarisDutch Painter , 1837-1899