David Hockney (Britain, B. 1937) A Bigger Splash Acrylic on canvas 242.5 cm × 243.9 cm (95.5 in × 96.0 in) painted in 1967 Collection of Tate Britain, London Invite you to delve into Hockney's "pool paintings" series, in which, from 1964 onwards, the painter almost obsessively depicts swimming pools. But why such an obsession? When he discovered California, and more ...