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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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Hockney is one of the UK's most celebrated living artists and painted the work during 1970 and 1971 after being Ossie Clark's best man.
ARTIST David Hockney yesterday attacked the Government's smoking ban for interfering in his life.
The etchings were created on copper plates by Hockney between May and November 1969.
 
 
 
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