David Hockney
born 1937
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In Tate Britain
Walk Through British Art: 1960
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Biography
David Hockney, (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.
Hockney has owned a home and studio in Bridlington and London, and two residences in California, where he has lived on and off since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction. This broke the previous record, set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million.
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David Hockney A Bigger Splash
1967
David Hockney Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy
1970–1
David Hockney My Parents
1977
David Hockney Man in Shower in Beverly Hills
1964
David Hockney Portrait of Mother III
1985
David Hockney The Third Love Painting
1960
David Hockney George Lawson and Wayne Sleep
1972–5
Artist as subject
Peter Blake ‘The Meeting’ or ‘Have a Nice Day, Mr Hockney’
1981–3
R.B. Kitaj The Wedding
1989–93
David Hockney Myself and my Heroes
1961
Peter Blake Portrait of David Hockney in a Hollywood Spanish Interior
1965
Andy Warhol David Hockney
1974
David Hockney My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
1961–2
Ruskin Spear Professor Carel Weight
1961
David Hockney House Doodle
1984
R.B. Kitaj Plays for Total Stakes
1968
Film and audio
TateShots
David Hockney: ‘I like to live in the now’
David Hockney reflects on over 60 years of painting, drawing, printmaking and photography
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Fashion meets Art – Preen inspired by David Hockney
Resort collection 2014 inspired by David Hockney's 'A Bigger Splash'
TateShots
A Bigger Splash: Painting and Performance
Explore the dynamic relationship between performance and painting
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David Hockney in conversation with Nicholas Serota
In connection with A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance exhibition at Tate Modern, David Hockney is in conversation with Nicholas ...
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Late at Tate November: Behind the scenes. Outsider: Leon Wainwright
Art Historian Leon Wainwright is talking around the idea of the 'authentic outsider' and how Kitaj and Hockney - in their ...
Features
Inspired by
The Only Way is Hockney
Many may not know that David Hockney had his own reality show. Well almost. In 1970 the filmmaker Jack Hazan ...
Look Closer
David Hockney: 80 years in 8 works
We explore the themes of Hockney’s work and his various ways of working
Look Closer
Understanding David Hockney's A Bigger Splash
Dive in for a closer look: explore Hockney's inspiration, techniques and have a go at some splash-inspired activities
In the Gallery
A Queer Walk Through British Art
Discover queer responses to our collection at Tate Britain, curated by members of the LGBTQ+ community at Tate and beyond
Tate Papers
David Hockney’s Early Etchings: Going Transatlantic and Being British
David Hockney’s early autobiographical prints, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 1961 and the series A Rake’s Progress ...
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Oil paint
Oil paint is form of a slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil that ...
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Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in America and Britain ...
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Acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is water-based fast-drying paint widely used by artists since the 1960s. It can be used thickly or thinly ...
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School of London
School of London was a term invented by artist R.B. Kitaj to describe a group of London-based artists who ...
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