David Hockney: Normandy Portraits
"JP Gonçalves de Lima, 3rd November" 2021 Acrylic on canvas 121.92 x 91.44 cm (48 x 36 Inches) © David Hockney Photo Credit: Jonathan Wilkinson. Book Cover Photo Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery/D.A.P
David Hockney: Normandy Portraits
Published by National Portrait Gallery
A compact album presentation of Hockney's newest explorations in portraiture.
David Hockney, "Harry Styles, May 31st" 2022 Acrylic on canvas 121.92 x 91.44 cm (48 x 36 Inches) © David Hockney Photo Credit: Jonathan Wilkinson
This concise volume illustrates around 40 acrylic on canvas works painted by David Hockney (born 1937) at his Normandy studio—depicting his friends and visitors, as well as the artist himself. David Hockney: Normandy Portraits showcases a series of some previously unseen portraits, across 48 pages, uninterrupted by text, to allow readers to engage directly with the artworks.
These new works highlight the ongoing importance of portraiture within the artist’s practice and demonstrate his sentiment that "drawings and paintings … are a lot better than photographs to give you a sense of the person."
David Hockney "Lucie-Lune Lambouley and Louis-Martin Lambouley, 8th January" 2022 Acrylic on canvas 91.44 x 121.92 cm (36 x 48 Inches) © David Hockney Photo Credit: Jonathan Wilkinson
Hockney returned to painting after an intensive period spent depicting the Normandy landscape using an iPad. The portraits were painted quickly and directly onto the canvas without underdrawing. As Hockney has said, "to do a portrait slowly is a bit of a contradiction."
"Self Portrait, 22nd November 2021" Acrylic on canvas 91.44 x 76.2 x 3 cm (36 x 30 x 1.181 Inches) © David Hockney Photo Credit: Jonathan Wilkinson
David Hockney (born 1937) is one of the most significant British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He attended the Royal College of Art in London and exhibited in one of the first British Pop art shows. In 1964, he moved to Los Angeles, where he lived for many years before returning to his native Yorkshire for a time. In addition to painting, Hockney has pursued photography, collage, and printmaking, as well as digital illustration. He lives and works in Normandy, France.
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