David Hockney. The Biography. 1937 - 1975. A Rake's Progress. / 1975 - 2012. A Pilgrim's Progress. (2 Volumes).

Sykes, Christopher Simon

ISBN 10: 0385535902 / ISBN 13: 9780385535908

Published by London, Random House, 2011., 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: David Hockney. The Biography. 1937 - 1975. A Rake's Progress. / 1975 - 2012. A Pilgrim's Progress. (2 Volumes).
• Publisher: London, Random House, 2011.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385535902
• ISBN 13: 9780385535908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographien

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Synopsis

In this fascinating and entertaining second volume, Christopher Simon Sykes explores the life and work of Britain's most popular living artist.
 
David Hockney is one of the most influential and best-loved artists of the twentieth century. His career has spanned and epitomized the art movements of the past five decades. Picking up Hockney's story in 1975, this book finds him flitting between Notting Hill and California, where he took inspiration for the swimming pool series of paintings; creating acclaimed set designs for operas around the world; and embracing emerging technologies—the Polaroid camera and fax machine in the seventies and eighties and, most recently, the iPad. Hockney's boundless energy extends to his personal life too, and this volume illuminates the glamorous circles he moves in, as well as his sometimes turbulent relationships.

Christopher Simon Sykes has been granted exclusive and unprecedented access to Hockney's paintings, notebooks, and diaries, and a great number of them are reproduced here. Featuring interviews with family, friends, and Hockney himself, this is a lively and revelatory account of an acclaimed artist and an extraordinary man.

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES is a photographer and writer. He specializes in architectural and garden photography and writes on architecture and social history. Sykes worked with Eric Clapton on his autobiography, Clapton, and his work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, and Architectural Digest. He lives with his wife and daughter in North London.