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Hockney

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Hock·ney  (hkn), David Born 1937.
British painter, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer who emerged as a leader of the pop art movement of the 1960s. His often autobiographical paintings are characterized by flat, simple forms and an open sense of space and light.

Hockney [ˈhɒknɪ]
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(Biographies / Hockney, David (1937 M, English, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) David. born 1937, English painter, best known for his etchings, such as those to Cavafy's poems (1966), naturalistic portraits such as Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1971), and for paintings of water, swimmers, and swimming pools


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He's perhaps most recognized for his evocative images of Southern California--swimming pools, desert landscapes, and nubile young men--but gay Anglo-American artist David Hockney has been painting portraits for 50 years.
There were wetlands there and also a lot of wooded area on the property so this was an opportunity to incorporate the site into the curriculum," Hockney says.
 
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