| Title | : | Hockney at the Royal Academy: Studies in World Art, Book 34 (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Edward Lucie-Smith |
| Release | : | 2018-01-03 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Nonfiction |
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| 1 | Hockney at the Royal Academy: Studies in | Edward Lucie-Smith |
| British, even more than most countries, like to have a "boss" artist - an artistic figure who is indubitably the head of the profession. In the old days, this need was easily accommodated within the establishment structures of the time. The big boss could be Sir Joshua Reynolds, knighted by the monarch of the day, or Lord Leighton, given a peerage. Both of these were also presidents of the Royal Academy. |
