A Country Gentleman
N 2017, WHEN he turned 80, David Hockney decided to move to rural France. The artist, who had long split his time between his native England and Los Angeles, had been traveling in Normandy and felt the impulse to move there for a while. He was craving solitude and quiet—a new desire for someone who had always thrived on attention. By the time he got settled, in a centuries-old farmhouse on four acres called La Grande Cour, it was late in 2018, and Hockney was looking forward to welcoming the spring of 2019 in Normandy before returning to
