Brexit spares no subject from Her Majesty.
Established for two years in Normandy, the artist David Hockney applied for his residence permit from the Calvados prefecture.
According to France Bleu, the most expensive living painter in the world has resided in the small village of Beuvron-en-Auge since 2019.
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The immigration service of @ Prefet14 had the pleasure of receiving the famous British painter #DavidHockney who resides in the #PaysdAuge, for the issue of his residence permit, in accordance with the provisions of the withdrawal agreement from the Kingdom "United of the # EU
", tweeted the administrative division of Calvados, photos in support. Since the implementation of Brexit, British citizens exiled in France must have a residence permit from October 1, 2021. The application must be made before June 30.
From the Normandy countryside, David Hockney paints relentlessly the surrounding landscapes on his tablet.
His digital frieze
A year in Normandy
will be exhibited at the Musée de in Paris next October.
The 80-meter-long painting, produced entirely on his iPad, represents the ball of the different seasons observed from the window of his studio.
In 2018, one of the 83-year-old Briton's works sold for $ 93.3 million.
This acrylic on canvas dated 1972, and entitled
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures)
, holds the auction record for a living artist.