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David Hockney

1937 - Today

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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 century.Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington, England; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hockney has received more than 4,219,636 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). David Hockney is the 24th most popular artist (down from 20th in 2019), the 727th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 513th in 2019) and the most popular British Artist.

David Hockney is most famous for his paintings of landscapes and portraits. He is also well known for his work in photography.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Hockneys by language

Over the past year David Hockney has had the most page views in the with 531,666 views, followed by French (62,199), and Japanese (57,144). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (205.45%), Belarusian (204.69%), and Simple English (63.94%)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, David Hockney ranks 24 out of 125. Before him are Luca Signorelli, Marina Abramović, Kurt Schwitters, Adolph Menzel, Keith Haring, and Josef Albers. After him are Banksy, Ai Weiwei, Émile Gallé, Edward Burne-Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Ulay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, David Hockney ranks 52. Before him are Angelo Badalamenti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Roger Zelazny, Robert Huber, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Thomas Pynchon. After him are Fernando de la Rúa, Vladimir Arnold, Ferdinand Piëch, Paolo Conte, Robin Warren, and Anatoly Sobchak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hockney ranks 727 out of 8,785. Before him are Matt Busby (1909), William Tyndale (1494), John Cockcroft (1897), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), and Mary Quant (1930). After him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), Deborah Kerr (1921), Patrick White (1912), John of Salisbury (1110), Jude Law (1972), and Alexander R. Todd (1907).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, David Hockney ranks 1. After him are Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), William Etty (1787), John Butler Yeats (1839), Damien Hirst (1965), Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), Mary Delany (1700), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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