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William Hodges (1744–1797) was a distinguished English landscape and marine painter, renowned for his significant contributions to the artistic documentation of India and the Pacific in the late 18th century. Trained under landscape artist Richard Wilson, Hodges first gained prominence as the official artist on Captain James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific from 1772 to 1775. During this expedition, Hodges meticulously captured the landscapes, people, and flora encountered, showcasing a keen eye for detail and a mastery of the picturesque style.

View Of Benares (Varanasi) Upon The Ganges - William Hodges - Vintage Orientalist Art Painting of India

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William Hodges (1744–1797) was a distinguished English landscape and marine painter, renowned for his significant contributions to the artistic documentation of India and the Pacific in the late 18th century. Trained under landscape artist Richard Wilson, Hodges first gained prominence as the official artist on Captain James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific from 1772 to 1775. During this expedition, Hodges meticulously captured the landscapes, people, and flora encountered, showcasing a keen eye for detail and a mastery of the picturesque style.

William Hodges (28 October 1744 – 6 March 1797) was an English painter and is best known for the sketches and paintings of locations he visited on that voyage. Up until 1770 Europeans had no visual concept of India that was based on first hand observation by a European artists. This changed after 1770 when Professional painters began to visit the Subcontinent and look at the country and its peoples through European taste.   The first professional landscape artist to visit India was William Hodges. He was also the most widely travelled artist of the 18th Century having spent three years circumnavigating the world with Captain Cook from 1772-1775.   He visited Madras, Calcutta, Lucknow, Agra and Delhi - recording both the landscape but also the great Mughal monuments. His work is characterized by a keen observation of landscape forms, the Indian light and atmosphere and a sympathetic understanding of Indian people.   His pioneering work and his engravings done back in England in 1787 were to have a profound influence on many of the artists who followed.

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