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A Ghat On The Ganges In The City Of Varanasi - William Hodges - Vintage Orientalist Art Painting of India - Posters

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William Hodges

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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About A Ghat On The Ganges In The City Of Varanasi William Hodges Vintage Orientalist Art Painting of India
This painting is William Hodges’ depiction of the broad flights of steps (known as ghauts or ghats) for ceremonial bathing, which lined the Western bank of the Ganges at Benares in India.Hodges was the first professional British landscape painter to visit India, which was at the time colonised by the British East India Company. He toured the country from 1780 to 1783. During this time, he visited the ancient city of Benares (now known as Varanasi), accompanied by the British monarch’s representative in the colony, Governor-General Warren Hastings.
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A Ghat On The Ganges In The City Of Varanasi - William Hodges - Vintage Orientalist Art Painting of India by William Hodges. Our posters are produced on acid-free 220 GSM papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a sufficent white border around the image to allow for future framing, if desired. Product will be shipped in 2-3 days

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