William Hogarth regarded modern art as worthless, and praised the unsurpassed virtues of old-master paintings.

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William Hogarth was an 18th-century English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who lived before what is commonly referred to as "modern art" emerged. His views were more focused on moral and social issues of his time rather than a comparison between old-master paintings and future art movements.

William Hogarth Regarded Modern Art as Worthless, and Praised the Unsurpassed