Life of David Hockney
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Life of David Hockney by Catherine Cusset
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Advocate"Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I could recognize myself." --David Hockney
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 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.
Catherine Cusset is a Yale University Associate Professor of French and the author of four French novels.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590519837 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590519833 |
| Title | Life of David Hockney |
| Author | Catherine Cusset |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Other Press LLC |
| Year published | 2019-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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