David Hockney (born July 9, 1937)
English ainter and photographer - Pop Art.
Hockney was born in Bradford and educated at Bradford Grammar School, Bradford College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London where he met R. B. Kitaj. While still at the Royal College of Art Hockney was featured in the exhibition Young Contemporaries alongside Peter Blake that announced the arrival of British Pop Art. He became associated with pop art, but his early works also display expressionist elements, not dissimilar to certain works by Francis Bacon. Sometimes, as in We Two Boys Together Clinging (1961), named after a poem by Walt Whitman, these works make reference to his homosexuality.
From 1963 Hockney was represented by the influential art dealer John Kasmin. In 1963 Hockney visited New York making contact with Andy Warhol. Later, a visit to California, where he settled, inspired Hockney to make a series of oil paintings of swimming pools in Los Angeles. These are executed in a more realistic style and use vibrant colours. He also made prints, portraits of friends, and stage designs for the Royal Court Theatre, Glyndebourne, La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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