David Hockney - The Old Master of the Modern World
Thursday 19th March 2026
The Arts Society Stirling & Forth Valley
Overview
Douglas Skeggs
From the early sixties, Hockney’s paintings have shown a charm and humour that sets them apart. A naturally gifted draftsman, his love of ingenious visual devices has led him to experiment with a whole range of techniques, from stage design to coloured paper making. This lecture follows Hockney’s career as an artist whose imagination has never faltered from the early abstract expressionist images, through his famous Californian scenes of swimming pools to the photo-montages of the mid-eighties.
From the early sixties, Hockney’s paintings have shown a charm and humour that sets them apart. A naturally gifted draftsman, his love of ingenious visual devices has led him to experiment with a whole range of techniques, from stage design to coloured paper making. This lecture follows Hockney’s career as an artist whose imagination has never faltered from the early abstract expressionist images, through his famous Californian scenes of swimming pools to the photo-montages of the mid-eighties.
