David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88
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David Hockney, a Bradford-born painter who became one of the most influential contemporary artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, died on June 11 at age 88. He rose to prominence as a pop artist in the 1960s and created celebrated works depicting California landscapes, swimming pools, and English countryside scenes, working across painting, photography, stage design, and printmaking. His works achieved enormous commercial success, with some paintings selling for tens of millions of dollars at auction, reflecting his lasting impact on global culture.
Bradford-born painter, who made his name with sun-kissed visions of California, has died
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David Hockney, the iconic British painter who cast a revolutionary gaze across 20th-century art, has died aged 88.
He made his name as a pop artist during the swinging 60s and was perhaps best known for his paintings of swimming pools that helped define the Los Angeles aesthetic. Works such as A Bigger Splash and Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) depicted hedonistic scenes of love, lust and loss taking place below the city’s sun-soaked skies.
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