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A Rake's Progress (or The Rake's Progress) is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. [1] The canvases were produced in 1732–1734, then engraved in 1734 and published in print form in 1735. [ 2 ]
On Hounslow Heath is a 1770 landscape painting by the Welsh artist Richard Wilson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It depicts a view of Hounslow Heath , then located some miles to the west of London . The uncultivated landscape of the heath attracted Wilson, who returned to it as a subject several times in his work.
18th-century painting stubs (361 P) Pages in category "18th-century paintings" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ n z b ər ə /; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, [1] he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. [2]
Compared with the 17th century Baroque, Rococo implies a lighter and more playful decorative art; the nude female is frequently featured; chinoiserie is also fashionable. Some of the artists that are most often grouped as "Rococo" are listed below. See as well Régence, Louis XV of France, Palace of Versailles.
Marriage A-la-Mode [1] [fn 1] is a series of six pictures painted by William Hogarth between 1743 and 1745, intended as a pointed skewering of 18th-century society. They show the disastrous results of an ill-considered marriage for money or social status, and satirize patronage and aesthetics.
Canaletto's views always fetched high prices, and as early as the 18th century Catherine the Great and other European monarchs vied for his grandest paintings. The record price paid at auction for a Canaletto is £ 18.6 million for View of the Grand Canal from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto , set at Sotheby's in London in July 2005.
18th-century paintings (17 C, 38 P) R. Rococo art ... Pages in category "18th century in art" ... William and Mary style