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David Hockney

born 1937

In the Studio, December 2017 2017
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Biography

David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, 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 and 21st centuries.

Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington and London as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu. He has an office and stores his 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 artwork by a living artist sold at auction. It broke the previous record which was set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million. Hockney held the record until 15 May 2019 when Koons reclaimed the honour by selling his Rabbit for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York.

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Artworks

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  • Connoisseur

    David Hockney
    1969
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  • The Print Collector (Portrait of Felix Man)

    David Hockney
    1969
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  • Lillies

    David Hockney
    1970–1
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  • 1. The Arrival

    David Hockney
    1961–3
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  • 1a. Receiving the Inheritance

    David Hockney
    1961–3
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  • 2. Meeting the Good People (Washington)

    David Hockney
    1961–3
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  • 2a. The Gospel Singing (Good People) (Madison Square Garden)

    David Hockney
    1961–3
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  • 3. The Start of the Spending Spree and the Door Opening for a Blonde

    David Hockney
    1961–3
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  • David Hockney

    Andy Warhol
    1974
  • Plays for Total Stakes

    R.B. Kitaj
    1968
  • Myself and my Heroes

    David Hockney
    1961
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  • My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

    David Hockney
    1961–2
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  • House Doodle

    David Hockney
    1984
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  • Professor Carel Weight

    Ruskin Spear
    1961
  • ‘The Meeting’ or ‘Have a Nice Day, Mr Hockney’

    Peter Blake
    1981–3
  • The Wedding

    R.B. Kitaj
    1989–93
    On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art
  • Portrait of David Hockney in a Hollywood Spanish Interior

    Peter Blake
    1965

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