Publisher's Synopsis
"Portrait of David Hockney" has taken Peter Webb five years to research and write. Involving conversations with over 150 of Hockney's family and friends, and numerous meetings with the artist himself. The result is an informative biography which concentrates on certain themes which are important to an understanding of Hockney and his work - the artist's special sense of humour, his homosexuality and his awareness of art history. Peter Webb follows Hockney's development from his childhood in Bradford, through his training at the Royal College of Art and his involvement in "Swinging London" to his departure for California in 1964 where he fell in love with the country and the lifestyle and where he has lived on and off ever since.
