Hockney

Hock·ney

(hŏk′nē), 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 a sense of open space and light.

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Hockney

(ˈhɒknɪ)

(Biography) 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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Hock•ney

(ˈhɒk ni)

n.

David, born 1937, British artist.

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A few weeks ago, my wife and I went along to a David Hockney exhibition in Saltaire near Bradford, and it is this very occasion that prompts me to write 'you must go and see the Hockney exhibition'.

Not very impressed by exhibition of art

And there they were, David Hockney's pictures, and there they were, the viewing public.

Left disappointed by art exhibition

Summary: David Hockney's admiration for the Dutch master is on show at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum

A walk in the woods with Vincent van Gogh

British artist David Hockney's painting "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" was sold for $90.3 million at Christie's in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday, setting a new record for the most expensive art piece sold at auction by a living artist.

Facts To Know About David Hockney's 'Portrait Of An Artist'

David Hockney has become the most valuable living artist after one of his iconic paintings sold for a staggering [pounds sterling]70million at auction.

BREAKING David Hockney 'Portrait of an Artist' sells for [pounds sterling]70m setting new record; 'Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)', painted by Hockney in 1972, is now the most expensive artwork by a living artist

DAVID HOCKNEY has unveiled a stained glass window tribute to the Queen at Westminster Abbey saying, "I hope she'll like it".

Hockney's glass tribute to Queen

VID HOCKNEY has unveiled a stained glass window tribute to the Queen Westminster Abbey saying, "I hope she'll like it".

Hockney's glass tribute to Queen

DAVID HOCKNEY has unveiled a stained-glass window tribute to the Queen at Westminster Abbey, saying: "I hope she'll like it".

Hockney's glass tribute to Queen

Westminster Abbey, the site of royal coronations, weddings, burials and resting place for famous Britons, on Wednesday unveiled a new stained glass window honouring Queen Elizabeth which artist David Hockney designed on an Ipad.

Westminster Abbey unveils Queen's Window designed by Hockney

A DAVID Hockney painting is set to sell for PS62 million - a record for a living artist.

Hockney to go for PS62m record price

If David Hockney's portrait of this couplethe 1968 painting American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), on view through Feb.

David Hockney's Portrait of the Marriage of Fred and Marcia Weisman

NYT SYNDICATE Give it up for David Hockney, one of painting's elder statesmen, and for his crystalline retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which proceeds in a string of perfectly curated mini-exhibitions.