The artist did not want to paint King Karl III.

British painter of world renown David Hockney recently received special honor at his home in London. He visited him British King Karel III.who is known, among other things, as a great lover of art. However, the 87-year-old painter did not use the opportunity to perpetuate the monarch who stayed with him for an hour. In an interview for Times He said he did not know him well enough to draw a good portrait.

It is not the first time the painter gave up such an opportunity. He repeatedly refused an offer to portray the queen Elizabeth II. His argument was similar: he can only portray those people he knows well. « It’s hard to paint the queen … I thought she was a really magnificent personality, and I just didn’t know how to paint her, » he explained. He was critical of a painting colleague Lucien Freud: “When you look at the queen, you see that she has a beautiful complexion. Her skin is really beautiful, but she failed to catch it. ”Although he did not paint it himself, he bowed to her with a stained glass, which he called the Queen’s window, and since 2018 adorns the Westminster Abbey.

Born in 1937 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Hockney began painting in 1937. Applies to the age of British painting, among his most famous works are judged The larger the pussy (1967) and The portrait of the artist (A pool with figures1972). He has lived in Normandy in recent years, but has moved to London because of intrusive people. At the Paris Foundation Louis Vuitton, on April 9, they will open the largest retrospective of his works so far, which will exhibit both the Poparte Masterpieces and many undiluted paintings. They named her David Hockney 25and will be open until the end of August.