Le Signal de la Sauvette / Massif des Maures (776m - 2,546 ft)
France (Var)
In Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), acrylic-on-canvas. 2.1 m × 3.0 m, 1972
About the painting
This
very famous painting was done durin summer 1972, by the pool of Tony Richardson's house
"Le Nid du Duc" looking at the Massif des Maures mountain range, near
La Garde-Freinet close to Saint Tropez.
The mountain
The
Signal de la Sauvette (776m - 2,546 ft) is the highest point of the
Massif des Maures. It is located in the South-East of France, in the Var
department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
The Massif des
Maures (in Provençal: lei Mauras or lei Mauro) is a small mountain
range in the south of France, located i between Hyères and Fréjus. It is
one of the natural regions of France.
The painter
David Hockney
(born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker,
stage designer and photographer. An important contributor to the pop art
movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential
British artists of the 20th century. At the Royal College of Art,
Hockney featured in the exhibition Young Contemporaries—alongside Peter
Blake—that announced the arrival of British Pop art. He was associated
with the movement, but his early works display expressionist
elements, similar to some works by Francis Bacon. When the RCA said it
would not let him graduate in 1962, Hockney drew the sketch The Diploma
in protest. He had refused to write an essay required for the final
examination, saying he should be assessed solely on his artworks.
Recognising his talent and growing reputation, the RCA changed its
regulations and awarded the diploma. After leaving the RCA, he taught at
Maidstone College of Art for a short time. A visit to California,
where he subsequently lived for many years, inspired him to make a
series of paintings of swimming pools in the comparatively new acrylic
medium rendered in a highly realistic style using vibrant colours. The
artist moved to Los Angeles in 1964, returned to London in 1968, and
from 1973 to 1975 lived in Paris. Hockney has a home and studio in Kensington, London and two residences
in California, where he has lived on and off for over 30 years: one in
Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, and an office and archives on Santa Monica
Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
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