A Yorkshire Sketchbook

Informationen zum Autor David Hockney (b. 1937) is an internationally acclaimed artist. He studied at Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1959 until 1962. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1963 but now splits his time between the United States and East Yorkshire, where he grew up. Klappentext "In this first publication of a 92-page sketchbook used by David Hockney in April 2004, the publishers have omitted pages 19-20, which were left blank by the artist."--Colophon. Zusammenfassung The author has returned to England to paint the landscape of his childhood in East Yorkshire. Executed in watercolour and ink! this title features panoramic scenes that have the spatial complexity of finished paintings - the broad sweep of sky or road! the patchwork tapestry of land - yet convey the immediacy of the author's impressions.

Auteur

David Hockney (b. 1937) is an internationally acclaimed artist. He studied at Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1959 until 1962. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1963 but now splits his time between the United States and East Yorkshire, where he grew up.

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"In this first publication of a 92-page sketchbook used by David Hockney in April 2004, the publishers have omitted pages 19-20, which were left blank by the artist."--Colophon.

Résumé
The author has returned to England to paint the landscape of his childhood in East Yorkshire. Executed in watercolour and ink, this title features panoramic scenes that have the spatial complexity of finished paintings - the broad sweep of sky or road, the patchwork tapestry of land - yet convey the immediacy of the author's impressions.