Public Lecture Course: Artist in Focus: William Hogarth

This series of 30-minute lectures introduces the life and work of the artist, William Hogarth. Born in London in 1697, Hogarth went on to pursue a varied, controversial and consistently innovative artistic career. He is most noted for his ‘modern moral subjects’, which consisted of pictorial sequences satirising Georgian society and morality. Hogarth’s impact has been long-lasting, and the final two films of this series explore a pair of important responses to his work on the part of two major contemporary artists.

Lectures will be released weekly from 8 April to 13 May 2021.

Week 1 | The Original: Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress (1732)

The Original: Hogarths’ A Harlot’s Progress, 1732

Mark Hallett, Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Week 2 | The Sequel: Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress (1734–5)

The Sequel: Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress, 1734–5

Mark Hallett, Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Week 3 | London Lives: Hogarth’s Industry and Idleness (1747)

London Lives: Hogarth’s Industry and Idleness

Meredith Gamer, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Week 4 | Pleasure and Violence: Hogarth’s The Four Stages of Cruelty (1751)

Pleasure and Violence: Hogarth’s Four Stages of Cruelty