David Hockney (after) - Sunbather, 1966 / Museum Ludwig, Cologne

David Hockney / Sunbather, 1966 / Museum Ludwig, Κολωνία

Ο Χοκνι εγκατέλειψε την Αγγλία για την Καλιφόρνια το 1964, μαγευμένος από την κομψή μοντέρνα αισθητική και το ζεστό μεσογειακό κλίμα. Το 1966,While teaching at UCLA, Hockney met American art student Peter Schlesinger. The two became lovers and Hockney began painting a series of pool paintings, often with Schlesinger as the protagonist. Some of them, such as Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool (1966), A Bigger Splash (1967) and Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (1972), later achieved iconic status.