David HockneyDavid HockneyPainter/ photographer/ Painter/ photographer/ printmaker/ drawer/ printmaker/ drawer/

stage designer/ Draftsmanstage designer/ Draftsman

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born in 1937 born in 1937 student in the Royal College of Art student in the Royal College of Art achieved international success by the time he was in his mid-20s achieved international success by the time he was in his mid-20s His early paintings, often almost jokey in mood, gained him a reputation of His early paintings, often almost jokey in mood, gained him a reputation of

leading Pop artist, although he himself rejected the label leading Pop artist, although he himself rejected the label By 1961 he had done his first By 1961 he had done his first Tea PaintingsTea Paintings and and Love PaintingsLove Paintings, painted , painted

compositions consisting of consumer goods images and psychograms. compositions consisting of consumer goods images and psychograms. More than any others, these pictures showed his proximity to Pop Art. More than any others, these pictures showed his proximity to Pop Art.

He Taught at University of Iowa, University of Colorado, and the University He Taught at University of Iowa, University of Colorado, and the University of California, Berkeley of California, Berkeley

He’s had numerous exhibitions around the worldHe’s had numerous exhibitions around the world In the 1980s he has experimented much with photography, In the 1980s he has experimented much with photography,

creating what are called joiners creating what are called joiners

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Pop Art: David Hockney

Hockney, David, The Fourth Love Painting, 1961, Bild, unbekannt, Sammlung Tyler Moore, Mary & Levine, S. Robert

The Second Tea Painting1961Oil on canvas61 x 36 in (155 x 91 cm)Private collection

Man Taking Shower in Beverly Hills1964Acrylic on canvas65 1/2 x 65 1/2 in. (167 x 167 cm)Tate Gallery, London

Portrait of Nick Wilder1966Acrylic on canvas72 x 72 in. (183 x 183 cm)Private collection

A Bigger Splash1967Acrylic on canvas96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm)Tate Gallery, London

A Lawn Being Sprinkled1967Acrylic on canvas96 x 96 in. (153 x 153 cm)Collection of Lyn and Norman Lear

Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)1971

Acrylic on canvas84 x 120 in. (214 x 304.8 cm)

Collection David Geffen

Nichols Canyon1980Acrylic on canvas84 x 60 in. (213.3 x 152.4 cm)Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen

Kasmin Los Angeles 28th March 19821982Composite Polaroid41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in (106 x 75.6 cm)Collection David Hockney

My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 82 #41982Photographic collage47 1/2 x 27 1/2 in (120.7 x 69.9 cm)Collection David Hockney

Place Furstenberg, Paris, August 7,8,9, 1985 #11985 Photographic collage

35 x 31 1/2 in. (88.9 x 80 cm)Collection of the artist

Pearblossom Highway, 11-18th April 1986 #2

1986Photographic collage

78 x 111 in. (198 x 282 cm)Collection the artist

I thought this was just a funny photo.

In 1999 he published a book the “Secret Knowledge”, that tells how the great masters of the past, such as Caravaggio, Velázquez, van Eyck, Holbein, Leonardo and Ingres, got the ultra-lifelike details in their painting using optical devises such as the Camera Obscura and Lucidia