David Hockney

David Hockney was a British artist, born on July 9, 1937, in Bradford, England, and died in London on June 11, 2026. He studied at Bradford College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London. He is considered one of the most influential figures in British art of the 20th and 21st centuries. His practice included painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, stage design, and digital art.

His work is known for its clear and lively view of color, light, space, and perception. In his paintings of Californian swimming pools, portraits, Yorkshire landscapes, and works made with digital tools, Hockney explored new ways of showing the visible world. He was also a key artist in the renewal of figurative art and in the use of technologies such as photography, video, and the iPad within artistic practice.

His work was shown by institutions such as Tate, the Royal Academy of Arts, Centre Pompidou, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, and Fondation Louis Vuitton. He received awards and honors such as the Praemium Imperiale for Painting in 1989, his appointment as Companion of Honour in 1997, and the Order of Merit in 2012. His works are part of collections such as Tate, MoMA, The Met, the Getty Museum, LACMA, the National Portrait Gallery, Centre Pompidou, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and The David Hockney Foundation.