威廉·荷加斯(William Hogarth,1697-1764),英国著名风俗画家、版画家和艺术理论家,其艺术奠定了英国绘画的进步传统。以他为起点,出现了一批具有英国独特风格、反映英国现实生活的画家。荷加斯生于伦敦,家境贫苦,父亲曾因负债入狱,这种人生体 William Hogarth (1697-1764), a well-known British genre painter, printmaker and theorist of the arts, whose art has established the progressive tradition of British painting. Starting from him, there emerged a group of painters who have a unique British style and reflect the real life in Britain. Hogarth was born in London, his family was poor, his father was jailed for debt, this life style