David Hockney ('Self Portrait 30th Sept.')

1 portrait of David Hockney

© David Hockney 1983

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David Hockney ('Self Portrait 30th Sept.')

by David Hockney
charcoal, 1983
30 1/8 in. x 22 3/8 in. (766 mm x 569 mm)
Given by David Hockney, 1999
Primary Collection
NPG 6473

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  • David Hockney (1937-), Artist. Sitter in 49 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits.

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  • David Hockney (1937-), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits, Sitter in 49 portraits.

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The self-portrait is one in a series of 35 undertaken in September and October 1983.

Linked publicationsback to top

  • Howgate, Sarah; Stern Shapiro, Barbara; Glazebrook; Mark; White, Edmund; Livingstone, Marco, David Hockney Portraits, 2006 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 12 October 2006 to 21 January 2007), p. 147
  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 306

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Current affairs

Margaret Thatcher wins a landslide majority for the Conservative Party at the general election. Although her premiership had previously been unpopular, the British victory in the Falklands coupled with divisions in Michael Foot's Labour opposition, helped her to gain popularity and win the most decisive election victory since 1945.

Art and science

The British sitcom Blackadder is aired for the first time. Each of the four series followed the character of the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and took place during a different period of British history. The first series, The Black Adder, was a satire of medieval England during the rein of the fictitious Richard IV, and frequently lifted famous lines from Shakespeare.

International

The armed struggle between Tamil militants and the Sinhalese-dominated government of Sri Lanka begin with the Black July pogrom. Mobs (allegedly supported by the government) started attacking and murdering Tamils following an attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on government soldiers. Civil war between the government and Tamil nationalists has continued sporadically ever since.

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