Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)

David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is probably the perfect embodiment of his artistic life. It contains many of Hockney's themes: Pools, double portraits and homosexuality. Here, you have a double portrait of two homosexual lovers by a pool. This painting becomes even more powerful when we learn about Hockney's break up with Peter Schlesinger. It's beautiful and tragic.
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[@cthulusauce]

Wow I’m kind of surprised you don’t have more comments about bojack horseman fans coming to learn about this painting, as it is featured prominently in the show. Amazing video however. I’ve always wanted to learn more about Hockney

[@upumpkin]

Same, I keep forgetting how underrated of a channel The Canvas is and was expecting a flood of BH comments

[@fakenamington6747]

This channel is a treasure. Im very glad I got this in my digging a few weeks ago. I wish this channel gets the attention it deserves in the future.

[@TheCanvasArtHistory]

Awww thank you so much! The channel keeps growing day by day thanks to people like you who watch and comment! I'm thankful you found my channel and I'm even more thankful for your super encouraging comment!

[@fakenamington6747]

@@TheCanvasArtHistory Well what do you know! A million views on Stancyzyk video and a 100k subs. Congratulations on reaching this insane milestone. I've been watching everytime you upload and have learned and appreciated art much more with every video.

[@jamestb9902]

Very underappreciated channel . Thanks for your work :)

[@helosolo]

Wow thank you !!! I'm a french art student and I have to study on portrait of an artist, and the only thing that I found on internet was the price and not even the story behind it... Excellent video ! Keep going

[@TheCanvasArtHistory]

Nous sommes contents d'avoir pu t'aider Héloïse ! Pour approfondir ton étude, si tu as le temps, nous te conseillons le film A Bigger Splash (1973). C'est un documentaire sur Hockney lors de sa rupture avec Schlesinger. En espérant que ton travail sera couronné de succès !

[@augustrose4174]

Getting the bojack version tattooed and I wanted to learn a little more about the painting itself, thank you for such an interesting video!!

[@oLiViErMeNaRd1]

Thank you so much Shaun.

[@elisavhernandez3268]

My eyes see the man swimming but my intrusive thoughts see the baby from Nirvana’s Nevermind album

[@victoriabaghdian]

My favourite art channel out there! Keep up the good work and more videos please!!

[@The_LousyArtist]

Great overview.

[@user-un3pn4cx3c]

More Hockney please

[@kenchan123456]

I was really hoping for an explanation for why it was sold for so much

[@bythesea5744]

한국인들은 호크니를 좋아해서 집집마다 호크니 카피본을 많이들 벽에 걸어놓던데 (한국에서 유행하는 인테리어가 다 비슷비슷). Thx for interesting story about Hockney. This channel is very useful.

[@RG34823]

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