David Hockney

World of Art

by Marco Livingstone, Marco Livingston, David Hockney (Illustrator)

David Hockney has enjoyed greater popularity internationally than any other British artist this century. This book, published to coincide a major retrospective of Hockney's drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, investigates the relationship between Hockney's art and his life, and charts the shift in Hockney's exuberant work from the early 1950s to his most recent explorations in paintings, drawings, and prints. 181 illustrations, 65 in color.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography

251 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1981

Reviews

[miso miso · Rating 3 out of 5]

introduced me to art. lame, but true. sat in the library and watched documentaries on him. primarily i liked him because i fancied him but then it turned out he was gay...

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very inspired or inspiring but thorough. I guess what you would expect from a world of art book. I read the 1988 edition. This one is updated but I liked the picture.

[AndyDobbieArt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating insight into the ups and downs and ins and outs of Hockney's thought processes and their effect on his art. I look forward to reading it again and taking notes.

[Jesse Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book, though I wish they had more of his iPad drawings.

[anna]

read this for a class. pretty informative, although some of the text was unnecessarily vague and difficult to read