David Hockney ('Self-Portrait with Charlie')

Sitterback to top

• David Hockney (1937-), Artist. Sitter associated with 40 portraits, Artist associated with 12 portraits.

Artistback to top

• David Hockney (1937-), Artist. Artist associated with 12 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This work is one of a series of large-scale single and double figure paintings made by the artist in his Hollywood Hills studio in 2005, all of which were completed in just a few sittings. Hockney worked directly onto the canvas in oils, without photographic reference or preparatory drawings. The work sets up a triangular exchange of gazes between the viewer, the artist and the model, friend and New York-based curator, Charlie Scheips.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 63
• Howgate, Sarah; Nairne, Sandy, A Guide to Contemporary Portraits, 2009, p. 20

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Contemporary Portraits (1 March 2012 - 22 April 2012)
• Portrait of an Artist (8 October 2007 - 19 May 2008)
• David Hockney Portraits (12 October 2006 - 21 January 2007)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Double portraits
• Making art
• On display at the Gallery
• Self-portraits