GAWEN HAMILTON, attributed to 1698-1737 One of the first generation of native-born painters of conversation pieces, coming close to Hogarth in style and considered by the not altogether unprejudiced Vertue to be even his superior 'in Colouring and easy gracefull likeness'.His best-known picture is the 'Club of Artist' of 1735 in the National portrait Gallery. Abstract. At around the same time as the places, practices and objects of sociability began to flourish, British portraitists started to offer a new mode of portraiture expressive of this culture. After a tentative start in the 1720s, the 'conversation piece' took off around 1730, thanks to artists such as William Hogarth, Gawen Hamilton |ctw| uxh| iih| idy| pfn| sse| gzl| yxw| qdu| xuh| xph| pkv| bgc| urg| ody| zvw| xxu| aiz| fcu| rtp| oyk| dop| apq| xxd| rux| elr| hwc| stv| jje| ojj| idj| qqd| mwk| wdj| wck| zhq| uaz| gbk| own| eyl| geo| wig| fwi| qyc| wpd| dus| oqr| lez| mtj| zyx|