Peter Schlesinger (artist)

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Peter Schlesinger (born April 2, 1948 in Los Angeles ) is an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He became known in the 1960s as a model for the British artist David Hockney .

Life

Peter Schlesinger was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley and first attended the Toluca Lake Elementary School in North Hollywood . The family lived in Encino in the late 1950s . The father, himself a hobby painter, supported the artistic talent of Peter Schlesinger and made it possible for him to take extracurricular art courses on the weekends. From 1965 on, Schlesinger studied art at the newly founded University of California in Santa Cruz before moving to the University of California in Los Angeles in 1967 . One of his teachers there was Richard Diebenkorn .

In 1966, the then 18-year-old Schlesinger met 28-year-old David Hockney, who was giving summer courses in painting at the University of Los Angeles. In the following years Schlesinger became Hockney's lover and muse . He described the relationship with Hockney as follows: "David had a big romance with California and I was an object in it." (Basically: David was in love with California and I was part of it ). Schlesinger moved to Hockney in London , where he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1968 to 1972 . He was often Hockney's model and can be seen in many of his early works, including paintings such as Peter Getting out of Nick's Pool (1966), Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (1972), and later in works such as Peter Schlesinger with Polaroid Camera (1977). In 1973 the partly fictional and partly documentary film A Bigger Splash was made under the direction of Jack Hazan , in which Hockney and Schlesinger portrayed themselves and gave insights into their lives.

During his ten-year stay in London, Schlesinger began to turn increasingly to photography and sculpture. He photographed numerous personalities such as Paloma Picasso , Twiggy , Amanda Lear , Andy Warhol , Robert Mapplethorpe , Christopher Isherwood , Yves Saint Laurent , Rudolf Nureyev and Manolo Blahnik . These photos were later published as a book, to which Schlesinger also contributed texts. After his return to the United States, Schlesinger settled in New York. He has lived here with his partner, photographer Eric Boman , for more than 40 years . They both live in Manhattan and Bellport on Long Island .

A significant part of Schlesinger's work is made of ceramics . These include figurative representations of people, stylized trees and other floral objects, relief-like tiles with abstract landscapes and sculptures reminiscent of ancient vases, some of which are richly ornamented. The work also includes paintings, drawings, etchings and watercolors. The motifs are partly representational, partly they show ornamental structures. The latter served the Swedish textile manufacturer Acne Studios as a template for decorative paper and clothing. Works by Peter Schlesinger have been shown in major exhibition venues, including the Hayward Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Tate Gallery in Liverpool and the Parrish Art Museum on Long Island. Schlesinger's works can be found in the collections of the Manchester Art Gallery , the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, and the Parrish Art Museum.

literature

  • Peter Schlesinger: A photographic memory; 1968-1989 . Damiani, Bologna 2015, ISBN 978-88-62084-36-9 .
  • Peter Schlesinger: A Checkered Past, my visual diary of the 60s and 70s . Thames and Hudson, London 2003, ISBN 0-500-54283-X .
  • Peter Schlesinger: Peter Schlesinger sculpture . Acne Studios, Stockholm 2015, ISBN 978-91-982381-0-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information on Peter Schlesinger on the website www.mutualart.com
  2. ↑ Debra Levine: Sculpture meets photography in Peter Schlesinger's LA homecoming show , online article from January 29, 2012 on arts meme
  3. ↑ Isabel Wilkinson: Peter Schlesinger, David Hockney's Muse, Shows New Works in LA online article from January 27, 2012 at www.thedailybeast.com
  4. ↑ Isabel Wilkinson: Peter Schlesinger, David Hockney's Muse, Shows New Works in LA online article from January 27, 2012 at www.thedailybeast.com
  5. ↑ Illustration of the painting Peter Getting out of Nick's Pool on https://artuk.org
  6. ↑ Illustration of the painting Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) on https://thedavidhockneyfoundation.org
  7. ↑ Illustration of the painting Peter Schlesinger with Polaroid camera on http://www.artnet.com
  8. ↑ Isabel Wilkinson: Peter Schlesinger, David Hockney's Muse, Shows New Works in LA online article from January 27, 2012 at www.thedailybeast.com
  9. ↑ Rebecca Bengal: Bohemian Rhapsody: Peter Schlesinger's A Photographic Memory , article from October 29, 2015 on www.vogue.com
  10. ↑ Information on the book with photos and texts by Schlesinger at http://www.artbook.com
  11. ↑ Lexie Beddie: Peter Schlesinger Reflects on Some of His Favorite Sculptures , article in the New York Times magazine, April 29, 2015
  12. ↑ Alexa Brazilian: A Photographer's Life in Pictures , New York Times article, December 2, 2015
  13. ↑ Various work examples can be found on Peter Schlesinger's website
  14. ↑ Images of individual works by Peter Schlesinger on http://www.artnet.com
  15. ↑ Lena Dystant: Acne Pays Tribute to Artist Peter Schlesinger with Capsule Collection & Book , online article from April 28, 2015 at www.highsnobiety.com
  16. ↑ References to Schlesinger's works in museums at http://www.artbook.com
personal data
SURNAME Schlesinger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter, sculptor, and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles