Master Marocc's Artwork influenced by William Hogarth

My Artwork influenced by William Hogarth...

THE FOUR STAGES OF CRUELTY

1. FIRST STAGE OF CRUELTY

2. SECOND STAGE OF CRUELTY

3. CRUELTY IN PERFECTION

4. THE REWARD OF CRUELTY

THE FOUR TIMES OF DAY

MORNING: done in charcoal.

NOON: done in charcoal.

NOON: edited from the bottom image with a vintage effect added as an over-layer.

NOON: (top) done in charcoal; (above) done in black Biro pen.

IN SHORT: Noon sets the lives of the English working classes against the foppish aristocracy:

St. Giles is featured in the background as in First Stage of Cruelty. Hogarth juxtaposes the fussiness and high fashion with the slovenliness of the group on the other side of the road. Though both activities co-exist on the same street the rotting corpse of a cat that has stoned to death lying in the gutter that divides the street is the only thing the two sides have in common.

EVENING: done in charcoal.

NIGHT: done in charcoal.

-----A Rake's Progress-----

A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–33, then engraved and published in print form in 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling, and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospital, or Bedlam.^[1] The original paintings are in the collection of Sir John Soane's Museum in London, where they are normally on display.







Plate 3

The original of Mr. and Mrs. Goodchild (above^) and my version complete in charcoal (see below):

"Gin Lane": the above sketch has been fulfilled using charcoal.



Set in St Giles, "Gin Lane" depicts the squalor and despair of a community raised on gin.

"Beer Street": the above has been accomplished in charcoal.

My artwork done in a messy style using a multitude of colours, with black being used to highlight the vigour, streaky and dramatic effect that has been created in this piece.