Hockney, David

British painter, photographer and printmaker, considered to be the best known artist of his generation from Britain.

Trained at the Bradford School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art, his fellow students included R.B. Kitaj, Peter Phillips, Allen Jones and Derek Boshier. A leading proponent of the Pop art, his first solo exhibition was held at the gallery of John Kasmin followed by a retrospective exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Known for depicting autobiographical themes, whether places or people, such as his renowned pieces depicting swimming pools and other scenes of Los Angeles, his adopted home and the acclaimed Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (Tate Gallery, London).

Also, known for his graphic artworks, his etchings have included illustrations for Poems and Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, by Cavafy. He has also made several prints on various homoerotic themes.

David Hockney has written two books about his work: David Hockney by David Hockney and That´s the Way I see It, published in 1976 and 1993, respectively. A Bigger Splash, a biographical movie about the artist, was released in 1974.

Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries

2006   David Hockney 'Portraits', The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2006   David Hockney 'Portraits', Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 2000   National Gallery exhibition 'Encounters: New Art from Old' Sept 14 - 17, London 2000   'David Hockney - A Print Retrospective' Alan Cristea Gallery, London 1999   'Recent Etchings' Alan Cristea Gallery, London 1997   New still-life paintings and self portraits from largest London Private Gallery exhibition 'Flowers, Faces and Spaces' at Annely Juda Fine Art, London 1996   Opens his drawing retrospective at the LA County Museum of Art, Manchester City Art Gallery, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 1995 - 1996   Retrospective of drawings, Royal Academy of Art, London 1995   Opens his travelling drawing retrospective in Hamburg in the summer (travels to Royal Academy, London and the Los Angeles County Museum, California) 1989   Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1988   'David Hockney: A Retrospective' Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and The Tate Gallery, London 1983   'Hockney Paints the Stage' Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (touring elsewhere in N. America, Mexico and London, where it is shown at the Hayward Galleryin 1985) 1983   Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1983   Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL 1980 - 1981   Knoedler/Kasmin Gallery, London 1978   L.A. Louver Galler, Venice, California 1978   'Travels with Pen, Pencil and Ink' begins its extensive tree-year tour of USA and Canada 1976   Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles 1973 - 1975   Retrospective exhibition held at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1970   Travelling retrospective at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (to Hanover, Rotterdam and Belgrade) 1968   The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1965   Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kasmin Gallery, London; Palais de Beaux-Arts, Paris 1964   First solo exhibition in New York at the Alan Gallery 1963   First solo exhibition at the Kasmin Gallery, London 1961   Young Contemporaries Exhibition

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