"这本书与20多年来**场大型的大卫•霍克尼（David Hockney）绘画展同时出版，它将探讨霍克尼（Hockney）从20世纪50年代到现在的画家生涯，并将重点放在他本人，他的家人和朋友身上。从Ingres到iPad，这本书结合了传统和技术，展示了这位画家在肖像绘画方面的**性。

大卫•霍克尼（David Hockney）被公认为当今时代的绘画大师之一和绘画的捍卫者。这本书将介绍霍克尼从20世纪50年代至今的作品，并着重于他为自己和与他关系密切的一小批模特创作的肖像画：他的女神西莉亚•比特威尔（Celia Birtwell）；他的母亲劳拉•霍克尼（Laura Hockney）；以及他的朋友，策展人Gregory Evans和印刷大师Maurice Payne。

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"This book, which accompanies the first major exhibition devoted to David Hockney’s drawings inover 20 years,will explore Hockney as a draughtsman from the 1950s to now, with a focus on himself, his family and friends. From Ingres to the iPad –this book demonstrates the artist’s ingenuity in portrait drawing with reference to both tradition and technology.

David Hockney is recognised as one of the master draughtsmen of our times and a champion of the medium. This book will feature Hockney’s work from the 1950s to now and focus on his depictions of himself and a smaller group of sitters close to him: his muse, Celia Birtwell; his mother, Laura Hockney; and his friends, the curator, Gregory Evans, and master printer, Maurice Payne.

This book will examine not only how drawing is fundamental to Hockney’s distinctive way of observing the world around him, but also how it has been a testing ground for ideas and modes of expression later played out in his paintings.

From Old Masters to modern masters, from Holbein to Picasso, Hockney’s portrait drawings reveal his admiration for his artistic predecessors and his continuous stylistic experimentation throughout his career.

Alongside an in-depth essay from the curator, this book will feature an exclusive interview between author and curator, Sarah Howgate, and artist, David Hockney. In addition, an ‘In Focus’ essay by British Museum curator Isabel Seligman, will explore the relationship between Hockney, Ingres and Picasso drawings.

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