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Biography

British-born David Hockney is a renowned painter and printmaker, best known for his bold, bright and experimental works. Hockney has experimented with a variety of mediums throughout his artistic career. Dabbling in the latest technologies, Hockney has delved into the realm of digital art, even utilising the Brushes application on his iPad to capture his celebrated landscapes.

In the 1980s Hockney launched into manufacturing photocollages. He discovered he could execute evocative pieces using the Polaroid shots he took and went on to create photography works such as My Mother, Bolton Abbey, 1982. Eventually, Hockney decided to return to painting after he found photography to be a limiting medium for his artistic scope.

Hailing from Bradford, Yorkshire, Hockney has explored a lifelong interest in different ‘ways of looking’ through his art, experimenting with a vast array of processes, media and styles in his long and illustrious career.

Swimming pools are a focal point of Hockney’s artistic oeuvre. Hockney’s series of paintings known as The Splash and A Bigger Splash were executed in 1966 and 1967 have proven to be iconic artworks in British Pop Art. These works perfectly capture and immortalise the ‘splash’ of an unseen swimmer entering a Californian swimming pool on a sunny day and mimic a snapshot from a camera.

Hockney continues with his lifelong muse, the swimming pool, in his celebrated 1972 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), where the prospect of illustrating two figures in varying motions excited him. The painting portrays Hockney’s former lover, Peter Schlesinger, standing over a figure swimming towards him in the pool. The painting is now Hockney’s most expensive work ever sold, selling for US$90.3 million at Christie’s, New York.

Between January and April 2021, the Royal Academy of Arts organised The Bigger Picture exhibition, exhibiting 50 years' worth of his landscape paintings to the public.

Portrait Of The Artist by David Hockney

Portrait Of The Artist (Pool With Two Figures) © David Hockney 1972

1. £70.7M for David Hockney's Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures)

Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures) (1972) became Hockney's most expensive work at auction when it sold at Christie’s New York in 2018, also setting a record as the most expensive piece by any living artist at that time. The painting, which masterfully blends Hockney’s iconic themes of swimming pools and double portraits, fetched nearly $30 million more than the previous record-holder, Jeff Koons’s Balloon Dog (Orange). This renowned artwork was featured in Hockney's 2017 retrospective at Tate Britain and parodied in the Netflix series Bojack Horseman adding to its acclaim.

Henry Geldzahler And Christopher Scott by David Hockney

Henry Geldzahler And Christopher Scott © David Hockney 1969

2. £37.7M for David Hockney's Henry Gelzahler And Christopher Scott

Between 1968 and 1975, Hockney produced a series of seven double portraits, including Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott, featuring the Metropolitan Museum of Art curator and his then-boyfriend. When this work went to auction at Christie’s London in 2019, it was one of only two double portraits remaining in private hands. Previously sold at Sotheby’s New York in 1992 for £569,000 (hammer), its value skyrocketed to £37.6 million. Hockney and Geldzahler had bonded over shared interests after meeting at Andy Warhol’s Factory in 1963.

Nichols Canyon by David Hockney

Nichols Canyon © David Hockney 1980

3. £30.7M for David Hockney's Nichols Canyon

Nichols Canyon (1980) captures the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood where Hockney lived in 1980, a landscape he drove through daily on his way to his studio on Santa Monica Boulevard. Hockney reflected on how living there influenced his art, saying, “The moment you live up here, you get a different view of Los Angeles. First of all, these wiggly lines seem to enter your life, and they entered the paintings.” This vibrant depiction of Los Angeles life sold for £30.7 million at Phillips in December 2020.

The Splash by David Hockney

The Splash © David Hockney 1966

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