From the early sixties, when he left the Royal College of Art more famous than his teachers, Hockney’s paintings have shown a charm and humour that sets them apart from others of his generation. A naturally gifted draftsman, he went on to experiment with a whole range of techniques from the early abstract expressionist images through his famous Californian scenes of swimming pools to the photo-montages of the mid eighties. This lecture follows the career of an artist whose wit and imagination has never faltered.
Lecturer: Douglas Skeggs
After reading Fine Art at Magdalene College Cambridge, Douglas has been a lecturer on painting since 1980. Since then he has given over 8000 lecturers to universities, colleges and art societies. Originally a director of the New Academy of Art Studies he is now a regular lecturer at The Study Center and Christie’s The History of Art Studies course. Among the more unusual venues for his lectures are the bar on the QE2, M15 headquarters, the Captain’s Room at Lloyds and an aircraft hangar in a German NATO base. Lecturing overseas has taken him to Belgium, France, Germany and Spain. He has written and presented various TV documentaries, notably the Omnibus programme on Whistler and an exhibition video on William Morris.