David Hockney | Drawing from Life

Sarah Howgate (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1855147971 / ISBN 13: 9781855147973

Published by Thames & Hudson IWUK, 2020

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David Hockney | Drawing from Life | Sarah Howgate (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2020 | Thames & Hudson IWUK | EAN 9781855147973 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: David Hockney | Drawing from Life
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson IWUK
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855147971
• ISBN 13: 9781855147973
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 281W x 260H x 25D millimeters 281 millimeters width by 260 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1382 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Celebrating more than 60 years of intimate portraiture by David Hockney

Published to accompany a major international exhibition, David Hockney: Drawing from Life features Hockney’s drawings from the 1950s to the present day, and focuses on his depictions of himself and a small group of sitters close to him: his muse, Celia Birtwell; his mother, Laura Hockney; and his friends, the curator, Gregory Evans, and master printer, Maurice Payne. In his portrait drawings of these figures, Hockney tries out new stylistic experiments and expresses his admiration for his artistic predecessors, from Holbein to Picasso.

Featuring 150 beautifully reproduced works from public and private collections across the world, this publication traces the trajectory of Hockney’s drawing practice by examining how he has revisited these five figures throughout his career. Highlights include a series of new portraits, colored pencil drawings created in Paris in the early 1970s, composite Polaroid portraits from the 1980s and a selection of drawings from an intense period of self-scrutiny during the 1980s when the artist created a self-portrait every day for two months.

David Hockney (born 1937) is considered one of the most celebrated British contemporary artists. Hockney studied at the Bradford School of Art and the Royal College of Art with R.B. Kitaj, Allen Jones and Derek Boshier. Graduating with a gold medal, he became a leading figure in pop art. His work encompasses drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and stage design.