David Hockney's American Collector

The artist David Hockney painted American Collectors in early years in Southern California 1968. He painted acrylic on canvas. American Collectors, it is double portrait of man and woman, who is Fred and Marcia Weisman with their collection of art works. Including a sculpture by Henry Moore and William Turnbull, which are the stack of stones in front of the man, and native American totem pole next to the woman. The woman, Marcia Weisman wears pink long dress with a smile on her face. She stands in a more comfortable pose than the man with put her right hand on the left elbow. The man stands in a military pose, and lots of tension in his body with clench his fist. It is a one painting, but also they seem so separated at one piece of art. Basically, David Hockney cares about the brilliant color, yet not more than a space in American Collector. The depiction of each objects and human figure in American Collectors are almost perfect, since he used of the acrylic paint, it provides many various moods, and negative atmosphere. The mood and facial expression were very somber …show more content…
In his painting, there is a many space between each of the objects and people. For instance, there are similar distance between man, William Turnbull, sculpture, tiny tree, woman, and totem pole. They all painted together at one canvas, but its look like all isolated, and a clash of color and object itself. Middle part of the pieces, sculpture can be the focal point of the overall painting, and all different cultures are collected at one piece. However, since he put all distance at the each of the object and human figures, I am able to focus on the overall painting than any particular object or human figure in American Collectors. There is strong relationship with space and the cultures, because the space and distance supported sculpture, William Turnbull, and totem pole in American