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In this astounding first volume, Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of Britain's most popular living artist.
David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades. His story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions.
With unprecedented access to interviews, family and friends and Hockney's own notebooks and paintings, this volume will deliver an open and honest account of the man who many believe to be Britain's greatest living artist.
David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades. His story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions.
With unprecedented access to interviews, family and friends and Hockney's own notebooks and paintings, this volume will deliver an open and honest account of the man who many believe to be Britain's greatest living artist.
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"a chatty, knowledgeable, insider's biography, full of anecdotes" (Guardian)
"a marvellous, vivid story" (Alexander McCall Smith, Observer ‘Books of the Year’)
"satisfyingly gossipy" (Sunday Times)
"an exhaustive and authoritative telling of the Hockney story" (Independent)
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"a marvellous, vivid story" (Alexander McCall Smith, Observer ‘Books of the Year’)
"satisfyingly gossipy" (Sunday Times)
"an exhaustive and authoritative telling of the Hockney story" (Independent)
The final say on Britain's best-loved, most colourful and controversial artist: David Hockney.
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- PublisherCentury
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1846057086
- ISBN 13 9781846057083
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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