Creator story
Surprising fact
In 2018 Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold for $90 million, then a record for a living artist.
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David Hockney
David Hockney (born 1937) is one of the most influential British artists of his time, famous for sun-drenched California pool paintings. Endlessly inventive, he has embraced everything from photo collage to painting on an iPad.
Hockney has stayed at the forefront of art for six decades, constantly exploring new ways of seeing and new technology.
- A leading British artist famed for California pool paintings.
- Constantly experiments — from photo collage to the iPad.
- His pool painting set a record for a living artist in 2018.
Key works
A key work by David Hockney
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1967
A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash is one of David Hockney's defining works.