Appena inaugurata al Van Gogh Museum di Amsterdam, la mostra "Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature" per la prima volta affianca opere del pittore inglese e dell'illustre collega olandese. La passione per la rappresentazione della Natura unisce entrambi; un elemento che in questa occasione dà vita a un parallelismo tra i due artisti. “Hockney è uno degli artisti più ispiratori del nostro tempo. Questa è la prima mostra in assoluto per scoprire come Van Gogh abbia influenzato il suo lavoro", ha precisato Axel Rüger, direttore dell’istituzione museale olandese. Tra i capolavori di Vincent van Gogh presenti in mostra anche The Harvest (1888), Field with Irises near Arles (1888) e The Garden of Saint Paul’s Hospital (‘Leaf-Fall’) dell'anno seguente.
David Hockney painting “May Blossom on the Roman Road”, 2009 © David Hockney. Photo credit: Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima
David Hockney, May Blossom on the Roman Road, 2009, Oil on 8 canvases (36 x 48″ each), 72 x 192″ overall © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
David Hockney, More Felled Trees on Woldgate, 2008, Oil on 2 canvases (60 x 48″ each), 60 x 96” overall © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
David Hockney, ‘Woldgate Woods, 6 & 9 November 2006’, Oil on 6 canvases (36 x 48″ each), 72 x 144” overall, © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven), Oil on 32 canvases (36 x 48″ each), 144 x 384″ overall © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt, Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle
David Hockney, Woldgate Woods, 26, 27 & 30 July 2006, Oil on 6 canvases (36 x 48” each), 72 x 144” overall © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
Vincent van Gogh, Field with Irises near Arles, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
David Hockney, Woldgate Vista, 27 July 2005, Oil on canvas, 24 x 36” © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
Vincent van Gogh, The Harvest, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
David Hockney, Kilham to Langtoft II, 27 July 2005, Oil on canvas, 24 x 36″ © David Hockney, Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt