A guest on Antiques Roadshow was so shocked by the valuation of a painting that had been in his family for decades that he hid behind it when the potential price tag was revealed. He had brought in a green-washed landscape painting, signed by David Hockney, but English painting specialist Rupert Maas was initially unconvinced that it was genuine.
Hockney was a key contributor to the pop art movement in the 1960s and the painting looked nothing like the iconic work he was famous for, the Express reports. But the guest on the BBC show believed the picture was painted by the artist when he was very young, before he went on to develop his style.
Rupert began: “We are sitting here all day and people bring pictures and the thing they want to know is, is it or isn't it by the artist they say it's by. In this case, your picture says it's by David Hockney.
