David Hockney RA
82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
02 Jul - 02 Oct 2016
David Hockney RA,
Dagny Corcoran, 15th, 16th, 17th January, 2014.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.92 x 91.44 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Dagny Corcoran, 15th, 16th, 17th January, 2014.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.92 x 91.44 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Jacob Rothschild, 5th, 6th February, 2014.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.92 x 91.44 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Jacob Rothschild, 5th, 6th February, 2014.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.92 x 91.44 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Barry Humphries, 26th, 27th, 28th March, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 21.92 x 91.44 cm. © David Hockney. Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Barry Humphries, 26th, 27th, 28th March, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 21.92 x 91.44 cm. © David Hockney. Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Earl Simms, 29th February, 1st, 2nd March, 2016.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Earl Simms, 29th February, 1st, 2nd March, 2016.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Rufus Hale, 23rd, 24th, 25th November, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Rufus Hale, 23rd, 24th, 25th November, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Margaret Hockney, 14th, 15th, 16th August, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Margaret Hockney, 14th, 15th, 16th August, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Rita Pynoos, 1st, 2nd March, 2014.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
Rita Pynoos, 1st, 2nd March, 2014.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
David Juda, 22nd, 23rd, 25th March, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Juda, 22nd, 23rd, 25th March, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
John Baldessari, 13th, 16th December, 2013.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
John Baldessari, 13th, 16th December, 2013.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo credit: Richard Schmidt.
David Hockney RA,
Celia Birtwell, 31st August, 1st, 2nd September, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo: Richard Schmidt.
Celia Birtwell, 31st August, 1st, 2nd September, 2015.
Acrylic on canvas. 121.9 x 91.4 cm. © David Hockney Photo: Richard Schmidt.
DAVID HOCKNEY RA
82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
2 July — 2 October 2016
David Hockney returns to the RA with a remarkable new body of work. Embracing portraiture with a renewed creative vigour, he offers an intimate snapshot of the LA art world and the people who have crossed his path over the last two years.
This exhibition has closed.
After his monumental landscape exhibition burst to life in our Main Galleries in 2012, Hockney turned away from painting and from his Yorkshire home, returning to Los Angeles. Slowly he began to return to the quiet contemplation of portraiture, beginning with a depiction of his studio manager. Over the months that followed, he became absorbed by the genre and invited sitters from all areas of his life into his studio.
His subjects – all friends, family and acquaintances – include office staff, fellow artists, curators and gallerists such as John Baldessari and Larry Gagosian. Each work is the same size, showing his sitter in the same chair, against the same vivid blue background and all were painted in the same time frame of three days. Yet Hockney’s virtuoso paint handling allows their differing personalities to leap off the canvas with warmth and immediacy.
82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
2 July — 2 October 2016
David Hockney returns to the RA with a remarkable new body of work. Embracing portraiture with a renewed creative vigour, he offers an intimate snapshot of the LA art world and the people who have crossed his path over the last two years.
This exhibition has closed.
After his monumental landscape exhibition burst to life in our Main Galleries in 2012, Hockney turned away from painting and from his Yorkshire home, returning to Los Angeles. Slowly he began to return to the quiet contemplation of portraiture, beginning with a depiction of his studio manager. Over the months that followed, he became absorbed by the genre and invited sitters from all areas of his life into his studio.
His subjects – all friends, family and acquaintances – include office staff, fellow artists, curators and gallerists such as John Baldessari and Larry Gagosian. Each work is the same size, showing his sitter in the same chair, against the same vivid blue background and all were painted in the same time frame of three days. Yet Hockney’s virtuoso paint handling allows their differing personalities to leap off the canvas with warmth and immediacy.