Hogarth is widely recognized as the first native-born English artist to achieve true international standing. Selected by the noted scholar David Bindman, the exhibition includes more than 120 prints and drawings primarily from the collection of the British Museum in London. In addition to numerous works by Hogarth the exhibit includes works by his contemporaries and later artists influenced by his art. Together they present a new perspective on an artist whose fascination for the underside of eighteenth-century London society has remained unfailingly popular throughout nearly three centuries. In conjunction with the exhibition the Wallach Art Gallery will host a day-long symposium on November 7, 1998.
Admission is free.
Hogarth and His Times is organized and circulated by The British Museum and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, in cooperation with the Parnassus Foundation. The showing at the Wallach Art Gallery is made possible through the generosity of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy Jane and Raphael Bernstein. Staff News Jeff Rosedale transferred on August 1st to the position of Systems Librarian, Library Systems Office. Jeff can be reached in 613 Butler at 854-8758. Lisa M. Beidel began working as a Library Assistant IV in the Business Library on August 10.