Tag: David Hockney

David Hockney (England, B. 1937) California acrylic on canvas 66 1⁄8 x 78 ¼in. (168 x 198.8cm.) Painted in 1965 Price Realised GBP 18,710,000 Christie's London, 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

The story of one of the 20th century’s most widely recognised and loved works, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which realised $90.3 million in November 2018 to become one of the most expensive works of art by a living artist ever sold at auction. David Hockney (English, B 1937) Portrait of an ...

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 ...