Publication

2019-05-14 - Other Press

Language

English

Word Count

48,000 words, Guess

Page Count

192 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101590519833
  • ISBN-139781590519837
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018045824
  • OCLC Control Number1049789710
  • Better World Books9781590519837
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPQ2663.U84V5413 2019
  • LCCPQ2663.U84 V5413 2019

Description

"With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English painter. Born in 1937 in a small town in the north of England, David Hockney had to fight to become an artist. After leaving his home in Bradford 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 decriminalized, and his inclination for a figurative style of art 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, Life of David Hockney offers an accessible overview of the painter who shook the world of art with a vitality and freedom that neither heartbreak nor illness nor loss could corrode"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Life of David Hockney: A NovelPaperbackOther Press2019-05-14

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