'David Hockney: Drawing from Life' reopens at London's National Portrait Gallery

Harry Styles, Clive Davis, Celia Birtwell and David Hockney’s chiropodist all have new portraits on display at London’s National Portrait Gallery.

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00:25 They depict a whole range of people from really, from his partner JP, to studio assistants,

00:37 and his art dealers, and then people who really supported the artist through lockdowns such

00:44 as his cook, his nurse, his chiropodist, his gardener.

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00:54 He spent a couple of days in this little picturesque village in Normandy and sat for David,

01:02 and I think was thrilled by the experience.

01:05 And it's a great painting, it's full of colour and life, but David isn't really known for his paintings of celebrities,

01:12 it's not really what he does. He often says, "My friends are my celebrities."

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