Peter Schlesinger

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Peter Schlesinger (born April 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, California)^[1] is an American artist, author and former artist's model perhaps most well known for being the subject in numerous notable canvases by the British painter David Hockney.

Biography

Schlesinger was an 18 year old student at UCLA when he met the then 28 year old artist David Hockney who was teaching a summer class at the University. They began a long affair and Schlesinger relocated with Hockney to London where he subsequently undertook to study at the Slade School of Art.^[2] While in a relationship with Hockney he was often the artist's subject and muse and appears in some of the Pop icon's well known works including a "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) 1972"^[3] and "Peter Schlesinger with Polaroid Camera".^[4]

Schlesinger went on to pursue his own career as a visual artist creating sculptures, paintings and photographs.^[5]

Books

Schlesinger's photography is the subject of two volumes for which he also wrote the text; "My Chequered Past" (2003 Thames and Hudson)^[6] and "Peter Schlesinger: A Photographic Memory 1968–1989" (2015 Damiani co-authored with Hilton Als).^[7][8]

Personal life

The 1974 film "A Bigger Splash" (named after Hockney's famous painting) is about Schlesinger's breakup with Hockney.

Today Schlesinger's partner is the Swedish photographer Eric Bowman with whom he shares a home in Bellport, New York on Long Island.^[9]

References

External links

• The artist's website –