Given its success during the first weeks it was open (averaging 250 visitors per day while respecting social distancing requirements), the exhibition will be extended in the gallery at 13 rue du Téhéran until 27 February 2021.
The “Ma Normandie” exhibition includes eleven paintings produced by David Hockney in Normandy, where has been working since early 2019: a view of the village of Beuvron-en-Auge; the apple and pear trees in the garden, the trees in the morning mist… They capture the changing light, the vibrations of the sky. He also paints the house he is living in, with its traditional half-timbered architecture from the 17th century. He notes that the Impressionists, in their quest for modernity, completely overlooked these typical regional constructions. Whereas Hockney sees in them the echo of the thatched dwellings of the Dutch landscape painted by Rembrandt and a young Van Gogh, the two Old Masters that he currently enjoys observing.

Digital prints on paper complete this ensemble: the gallery at 38 Avenue Matignon is exhibiting panoramic 12-metre views representing what the artist observed around the house in summer and in autumn. The exhibition at Avenue Matignon will close on 23 December.

The exhibition is accompanied by a 108-page catalogue including texts by Jean Frémon, Donatien Grau and David Hockney himself, as well as an original poster created by the artist and on sale on the Galerie Lelong website.