David Hockney

David Hockney

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 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, 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 artwork by a living artist sold at auction. This broke the previous record, set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hockney has received more than 4,048,905 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. David Hockney is the 20th most popular artist (up from 22nd in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 573rd 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.