Hockney e Vincent van Gogh si incontrano ad Amsterdam

3 Marzo 2019

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)
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