Sir Howard Hodgkin
Sue Lawley's castaway is painter Sir Howard Hodgkin
Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the painter Sir Howard Hodgkin. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the hard road to recognition in this country - which he describes as being 'enemy territory' for painters. At 62, he has now achieved fame, fortune and to him a somewhat irksome knighthood. He'll be describing his problematic schoolboy years, his total commitment to art and what he considers to be the impact of his own work.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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