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David Hockney: A Life

Af: Catherine Cusset Engelsk Paperback

David Hockney: A Life

Af: Catherine Cusset Engelsk Paperback
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"Catherine Cusset''s book caught a lot of me. I recognised myself" DAVID HOCKNEY

"A perfect short exposé of Hockney''s life as seen through the eyes of an admiring novelist" Kirkus Reviews

"Hers is an affirming vision of a restless talent propelled by optimism and chance" New York Times


With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English painter.

Born in Bradford in 1937, David Hockney had to fight to become an artist. After leaving home for the Royal College of Art in London his career flourished, but he continued to struggle with a sense of not belonging, because of his homosexuality, which had yet to be decriminalised, and because of his inclination for a figurative style of art, which was not sufficiently "contemporary" to be valued.

Trips to New York and California - where he would live for many years and paint his iconic swimming pools - introduced him to new scenes and new loves, beginning a journey that would take him through the fraught years of the AIDS epidemic.

A compelling hybrid of novel and biography, David Hockney: A Life offers an insightful overview of a painter whose art is as accessible as it is compelling, and whose passion to create has never been deterred by heartbreak or illness or loss.

Translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan

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"Catherine Cusset''s book caught a lot of me. I recognised myself" DAVID HOCKNEY

"A perfect short exposé of Hockney''s life as seen through the eyes of an admiring novelist" Kirkus Reviews

"Hers is an affirming vision of a restless talent propelled by optimism and chance" New York Times


With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English painter.

Born in Bradford in 1937, David Hockney had to fight to become an artist. After leaving home for the Royal College of Art in London his career flourished, but he continued to struggle with a sense of not belonging, because of his homosexuality, which had yet to be decriminalised, and because of his inclination for a figurative style of art, which was not sufficiently "contemporary" to be valued.

Trips to New York and California - where he would live for many years and paint his iconic swimming pools - introduced him to new scenes and new loves, beginning a journey that would take him through the fraught years of the AIDS epidemic.

A compelling hybrid of novel and biography, David Hockney: A Life offers an insightful overview of a painter whose art is as accessible as it is compelling, and whose passion to create has never been deterred by heartbreak or illness or loss.

Translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9781911350804
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1911350803
Kategori: Fotografer
Udg. Dato: 12 nov 2020
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato: 12 nov 2020
Forfatter(e): Catherine Cusset
Forfatter(e) Catherine Cusset


Kategori Fotografer


ISBN-13 9781911350804


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 192


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 12 nov 2020


Oplagsdato 12 nov 2020


Forlag Quercus Publishing