David Hockney: A Rake's Progress
David Hockney is one of the most successful and widely recognised British artists of his generation, with a career that now spans 6 decades.
A Rake鈥檚 Progress was made following David Hockney鈥檚 first trip to New York in 1961, a visit that marked a transformation in Hockney鈥檚 personal and professional life. Hockney鈥檚 prints revisit themes in English artist William Hogarth鈥檚 A Rake鈥檚 Progress, an eighteen-century moral tale presented in a series of 8 engravings.
A Rake鈥檚 Progress was Hockney鈥檚 first major group of etchings. Since then he has created more than 500 prints. Accomplished in drawing, Hockney developed a natural talent for depiction in line on etching plates. This series of 16 skillfully executed etching and aquatint prints draw on his experience as a visitor to New York in their narrative, featuring a semi-autobiographical character.
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David Hockney is one of the most successful and widely recognised British artists of his generation, with a career that now spans 6 decades.
A Rake鈥檚 Progress was made following David Hockney鈥檚 first trip to New York in 1961, a visit that marked a transformation in Hockney鈥檚 personal and professional life. Hockney鈥檚 prints revisit themes in English artist William Hogarth鈥檚 A Rake鈥檚 Progress, an eighteen-century moral tale presented in a series of 8 engravings.
A Rake鈥檚 Progress was Hockney鈥檚 first major group of etchings. Since then he has created more than 500 prints. Accomplished in drawing, Hockney developed a natural talent for depiction in line on etching plates. This series of 16 skillfully executed etching and aquatint prints draw on his experience as a visitor to New York in their narrative, featuring a semi-autobiographical character.
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