- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson; 1 edition (Aug 29 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500286272
- ISBN-13: 978-0500286272
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 23.2 x 0.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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#369,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( G-I ) > Hockney, David
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David Hockney's Dog Days is the slightest of books, but that may be just fine for dachshund lovers, who will be its best audience. Hockney's drawings and paintings of his two dogs are full of tender love. They are "not very good models," he says. "One knock on the door is enough to make them leap up." So he paints them snoozing, mostly horizontal (as dachshunds usually are), and mostly on yellow and blue backgrounds, which can be monotonous. These are not the dachshunds of Pierre Bonnard, who made strange black holes in otherwise glorious canvasses. No matter: Hockney offers "no apologies." Speaking as a dog lover, he explains, "These two little creatures are my friends."
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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Book Description
The perfect gift for Hockney fans and dog lovers everywhere, "David Hockney's Dog Days", now in a gift edition, is an album devoted to two of the artist's closest friends, his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie. This beautiful and engaging book includes almost all of Hockney's paintings and drawings of his two companions, dozens of new illustrations created specially for this book, and a text by the artist himself.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
For the dachsdhund lover!,
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This review is from: David Hockney's Dog Days (Hardcover)
How lovely! An art book about dachshunds! Of course, they are mainly sleeping, dachshunds are too energetic to be captured with a camera, let alone a paintbrush. But the sketches add to the paintings and one can easily recognize the true nature of these dogs: philosophic, intelligent and full of natural authority. Although my favourite picture was a photograph of Hockney and his dogs and the pillow (in most paintings) with Hockney's paintings all around them. The book tells more about us dachshund lovers than the dogs, we are a strange bunch with an odd sense of humour and a deep passion for these dogs. Well, only a person with an odd sense of humour and a lot of patience would love - and manage to live with - a dachshund...A perfect gift for dachshund lovers, people interested in dogs or art - or children, who think art is dull and never funny. The paintings are full of love. Thank you, David Hockney : )
3.0 out of 5 stars
don't buy this book unless you really love dachs,
By "janevaningen" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: David Hockney's Dog Days (Hardcover)
David Hockney is a great artist and it's touching that he made a whole book about the little dogs that are his friends. But since the whole book is really just two dogs in different poses, don't purchase it unless you're a true dachshund lover. I bought this book as a gift for my relatives who own dachs, and they oohed and ahhed over it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
David Hockney's Dog Days by David Hockney,
By A Customer
This review is from: David Hockney's Dog Days (Hardcover)
I love this book!! Having had 2 red smooth dachshunds, these pictures looked like they could have been from my home. All dachshund lovers will truly enjoy looking at this.
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