David Hockney enjoying Oysters, Champagne and a Cigar at Glyndbourne Opera House lawn, 1983
Bob Marchant

Painting : oil

122 x 162 x 7 cm 48 x 63.8 x 2.8 inch

€51,008

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122 x 162 x 7 cm 48 x 63.8 x 2.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Artwork location: Australia

Marchant first met Hockney in the mid-’60s in London. His good mate Peter Langan had just set up his famous restaurant Langans Brasserie. Peter introduced Bob to David who was already on his way to becoming famous. With Hockney's original paintings on the walls of the restaurant, David agreed to do a drawing that would be on the front cover of the restaurant's menu. When Peter introduced Bob to David he told him I’d like you to meet my dear friend "Golden Touch", even Hockney laughed when he heard that description. Marchant shook hands with Hockney and was then invited to join him at the restaurant table to drink a rare expensive bottle of French brandy with Peter and his two partners Richard Shephard and actor Michael Caine. Once seated Hockney produced a handful of coloured pencils and by the time the bottle was empty, two hours had passed and he had produced a wonderful portrait of the three of them that would feature on the cover of the menu.

Marchant says "From that moment on Hockney became my favourite British artist and I have greatly admired him ever since. My judgement proved to be correct when a painting of his of boyfriends in a swimming pool in 2018 sold at auction for 90 million US dollars."
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Bob Marchant, David Hockney enjoying Oysters, Champagne and a Cigar at Glyndbourne Opera House lawn
Australia  • 1938

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Bibliographical Information Born 1938, Dimboola, Victoria. 1954-58, Studied Art at RMIT, Melbourne. 1960-80, Travelled to Europe, worked in London as a graphic designer & art director. 1981 Returned to Australia to live in Sydney and began to paint full time.

Marchant's paintings are mainly figurative depicting people in the Australian landscape. Early subjects include his memories of growing up in the Wimmera, a farming area of Victoria.

His paintings came to prominence in 1988 when Margaret Olley judged him the winner of The Sulman Prize at The Art Gallery of NSW. More success followed when John Olsen again awarded him his second Sulman Prize in 1989.

Other prizes include The Mosman Art Prize and The Banjo Patterson Prize. In 1996 his series of 14 paintings titled 'The Drovers Boy' was selected to tour regional galleries and was featured on TV in the ABC Review Program.

Bob regularly exhibits in Sydney and has had shows in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Solo exhibitions abroad include Los Angeles, Honolulu and France.

In 2001 he completed a large painting commissioned by The Australian War Museum in Canberra to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Museum opening. Other commissions include two large paintings for the foyer of The Australian Embassy in Tokyo.

Bob now lives in Bundeena in The Royal National Park, one hours drive from Sydney, where he shares a studio with his wife, ceramic artist, Inger Marchant.

SOLO EXHIBITONS

2013 - Red Earth Series, Australian Galleries Sydney

2012 - The Drovers Boy, Hugh Sawrey Gallery, Longreach, QLD 2008 - The First 70 Years, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2005 - Maunsell Wicks Gallery, Sydney - Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne 2004 - The Drovers Boy Series, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, Sydney - Maunsell Wicks Gallery, Sydney 2002-03 - Galerie Aalders, La Garde Freinet, France 2001 - Australian Galleries, Sydney 1998-99 - Australian Galleries, Sydney 1997 - Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne 1996 - Australian Galleries, Melbourne 1995 - Regional Galleries Travelling Exhibition - The Drovers Boy Series, Sponsor Gallery - Broken Hill City Gallery 1992-93 - Moross Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 1992 - Mulgara Gallery, Sheraton Hotel, Uluru - Australian Naïve Gallery, Sydney - Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide 1991 - Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney - Merrill Chase Galleries, Honolulu, USA - Green Hill Gallery, Perth 1998-90 - The Moore Park Gallery, Sydney 1985 - Boronia House, Sydney

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