Peter Schlesinger, David Hockney’s Muse, Shows New Works in L.A.

Checkered Past

The artist’s ex-boyfriend, Peter Schlesinger, opens a new show of sculpture and photographs in Los Angeles. Isabel Wilkinson reports.

Published Jan. 27 2012 4:45AM EST

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In 1966, Peter Schlesinger was a 19-year-old California boy, raised in the Valley and enrolled in UCLA’s art program. There, he took classes with Richard

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Peter Schlesinger, David Hockney’s Muse, Shows New Works in L.A.

The artist’s ex-boyfriend, Peter Schlesinger, opens a new show of sculpture and photographs in Los Angeles. Isabel Wilkinson reports.

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