The final say on one of Britain's best-loved, colourful and controversial artists

David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art. He has worked in almost every medium, with his pieces now selling for upward of £5 million. Most recently, he has been at the forefront of the art world's digital revolution, producing incredible sketches on his iPhone and iPad, and it is this progressive thinking which has highlighted his genius, vigour and versatility as he approaches his 75th birthday.

In this, the first volume of his biography detailing his life from 1937 to 1975, Christopher Simon Sykes explores the fascinating world of one of Britain's best-loved and most controversial artists.

In this astounding authorised biography Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of the most popular living artist in the world today. David Hockney’s career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades; his story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions.

With unprecedented access to interviews, family and friends and Hockney’s own notebooks and paintings, this volume will deliver as honest and revelatory account of the man who many believe to be Britain’s greatest living artist.

23.5 x 17.5 x 3cm, 363 pages

Available: Amazon.co.uk

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