David Hockney

David Hockney

OM CH RA
David Hockney; OM CH RA
	Hockney in 2017
Born	9 July 1937; Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Education	Bradford School of Art (1953–1958); Royal College of Art (1959–1962);
Known for	Painting; drawing; printmaking; photography; set design;
Notable work	A Bigger Splash; Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy; Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures); Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool; American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman); The Blue Guitar; Bigger Trees Near Warter; A Bigger Grand Canyon; Garrowby Hill; A Bigger Interior with Blue Terrace and Garden 2017;
Movement	Pop art
Awards	John Moores Painting Prize (1967); Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (1997); Royal Academician; Order of Merit (2012); Honorary doctorate, Otis College of Art and Design (1985);
Website	hockney.com

David Hockney OM CH RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.

Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington, and London, as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.

On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction. This broke the previous record, set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million. Hockney held this record until 15 May 2019 when Koons reclaimed the honour selling his Rabbit for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York.

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