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The '''Hogarth Club''' was an exhibition society of artists, based at 84 Charlotte Street, [[Fitzrovia]], London, UK, which existed between 1858 and 1861. It was founded by former members of the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]] after the original PRB had been dissolved. It was envisaged that the club would provide an alternative meeting space and exhibition venue to overcome prejudice against the Pre-Raphaelites at the [[Royal Academy]]. Unlike the PRB, the Hogarth Club was established on a professional basis, with two classes of members, artistic and non-artistic, and a distinction between London-based "resident" and provincial "non-resident" members.
The '''Hogarth Club''' was an exhibition society of artists, based at 84 Charlotte Street, [[Fitzrovia]], London, UK, which existed between 1858 and 1861. It was founded by former members of the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]] after the original PRB had been dissolved. It was envisaged that the club would provide an alternative meeting space and exhibition venue to overcome prejudice against the Pre-Raphaelites at the [[Royal Academy]]. Unlike the PRB, the Hogarth Club was established on a professional basis, with two classes of members, artistic and non-artistic, and a distinction between London-based "resident" and provincial "non-resident" members.


[[Ford Madox Brown]] suggested that the club be named after [[William Hogarth]] since Hogarth was "''a painter whom he deeply reverenced as the originator of moral invention and drama in modern art''".<ref>Rossetti, W. M., ''Some Reminiscences'', London, 1906, p. 204.</ref> Brown and [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] had worked on some previous independent exhibitions, but became determined to form a permanent exhibition space after the rejection of Pre-Raphaelite work by the Academy in 1857. In response they created their own exhibition, later founding the Hogarth Club in tandem with other sympathetic artists, most notably [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[John Roddam Spencer Stanhope]].<ref>Cherry, D., [https://www.jstor.org/pss/879933 The Hogarth Club: 1858-1861], ''[[The Burlington Magazine]]'', Vol. 122, No. 925 (April 1980), pp. 236–244.</ref>
[[Ford Madox Brown]] suggested that the club be named after [[William Hogarth]] since Hogarth was "a painter whom he deeply reverenced as the originator of moral invention and drama in modern art".<ref>Rossetti, W. M., ''Some Reminiscences'', London, 1906, p. 204.</ref> Brown and [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] had worked on some previous independent exhibitions, but became determined to form a permanent exhibition space after the rejection of Pre-Raphaelite work by the Academy in 1857. In response they created their own exhibition, later founding the Hogarth Club in tandem with other sympathetic artists, most notably [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[John Roddam Spencer Stanhope]].<ref>Cherry, D., [https://www.jstor.org/pss/879933 The Hogarth Club: 1858-1861], ''[[The Burlington Magazine]]'', Vol. 122, No. 925 (April 1980), pp. 236–244.</ref>


Despite initial success, the Hogarth Club failed to maintain its momentum, and was finally closed in 1861 after failing to adequately build up its membership in the face of hostility from the Royal Academy. Even the former leading Pre-Raphaelite [[John Everett Millais]] refused to join, as did otherwise sympathetic Royal Academicians such as [[Augustus Egg]].
Despite initial success, the Hogarth Club failed to maintain its momentum, and was finally closed in 1861 after failing to adequately build up its membership in the face of hostility from the Royal Academy. Even the former leading Pre-Raphaelite [[John Everett Millais]] refused to join, as did otherwise sympathetic Royal Academicians such as [[Augustus Egg]].
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Revision as of 13:39, 28 October 2018

A porter at the club carrying a bottle of wine, drawing by Holman Hunt

The Hogarth Club was an exhibition society of artists, based at 84 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London, UK, which existed between 1858 and 1861. It was founded by former members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood after the original PRB had been dissolved. It was envisaged that the club would provide an alternative meeting space and exhibition venue to overcome prejudice against the Pre-Raphaelites at the Royal Academy. Unlike the PRB, the Hogarth Club was established on a professional basis, with two classes of members, artistic and non-artistic, and a distinction between London-based "resident" and provincial "non-resident" members.

Ford Madox Brown suggested that the club be named after William Hogarth since Hogarth was "a painter whom he deeply reverenced as the originator of moral invention and drama in modern art".[1] Brown and Dante Gabriel Rossetti had worked on some previous independent exhibitions, but became determined to form a permanent exhibition space after the rejection of Pre-Raphaelite work by the Academy in 1857. In response they created their own exhibition, later founding the Hogarth Club in tandem with other sympathetic artists, most notably William Holman Hunt and John Roddam Spencer Stanhope.[2]

Despite initial success, the Hogarth Club failed to maintain its momentum, and was finally closed in 1861 after failing to adequately build up its membership in the face of hostility from the Royal Academy. Even the former leading Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais refused to join, as did otherwise sympathetic Royal Academicians such as Augustus Egg.

See also

References

  1. ^ Rossetti, W. M., Some Reminiscences, London, 1906, p. 204.
  2. ^ Cherry, D., The Hogarth Club: 1858-1861, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 122, No. 925 (April 1980), pp. 236–244.


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