David HockneyPaper Pools invitation1979
1979
About the Item
- Creator:David Hockney (1937, British)
- Creation Year:1979
- Dimensions:Height: 8.7 in (22.1 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Washington , DC, DC
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU171329785042
David Hockney
The art of David Hockney is always engaging in its pleasant ambiguities: his prints, drawings and paintings are warm but somehow aloof; filled with light yet often dark and brooding in subject; simple, frank and mundane, but also ethereal and complex. The artist’s stature in the contemporary art world is such that, in a 2011 survey of one thousand British painters and sculptors, he was named the most influential British artist of all time.
Hockney grew up in Bradford, in the northern English county of Yorkshire, studying at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to ’57, and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. Though he was educated in art at a time when abstraction dominated the field, Hockney stuck resolutely to figurative painting and drawing.
Hockney's early paintings suggest a search for a style, veering from Expressionism to a grotesquerie suggestive of James Ensor. But Hockney found himself almost the moment he arrived in Los Angeles, in 1963. The move from the gray and rainy Britain to a world of bright sunshine and sparkling water brought Hockney a sense of freedom and an artistic epiphany. He would spend most of the next five years in L.A., painting luminous pictures, such as A Bigger Splash (1967), of things that made him happy: swimming pools, manicured lawns, palm trees, stucco buildings and luxuries like shower stalls. Hockney also painted people, almost always his friends. His California portraits such as Beverly Hills Housewife (1966) are considered to be his finest work. They are at once grandly scaled, intimate and poetic.
In the 1970s, Hockney moved back to Britain and spent much of his time on photography and printmaking. He returned to painting in the 1980s, and to subjects like still lifes, seascapes and portraits. Hockney has always been fascinated by the use of technology in art — he’s credited with inventing the technique of joining Polaroid photos in a collage to form a panoramic picture — and has been using the Brush app to paint on an iPad. Because he is prolific and works in a wide range of mediums, Hockney’s art is available at many price points. His consistently striking and provocative work should have a place in any comprehensive collection of contemporary art.
Find original David Hockney art on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Washington , DC, DC
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Untitled posterLocated in Washington , DC, DCBeautiful poster sold for a limited time of only one month. Text and stamped en versoCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
MaterialsLithograph
- Self PortraitBy Yayoi KusamaLocated in Washington , DC, DCtext en versoCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
MaterialsLithograph
- RUN DOG RUNBy Christopher WoolLocated in Washington , DC, DCPart of a special insert of a well respected art publication. They are a superb example of his use of stenciled letters in paintings. Wool’s paintings also resemble the Concrete poetry...Category
1980s Contemporary More Art
MaterialsPaper, Lithograph
- SUPER NATURALBy Aurel SchmidtLocated in Washington , DC, DCSuper NaturalCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
MaterialsLithograph
- I Want to Sing My Heart in Praise of PeopleBy Yayoi KusamaLocated in Washington , DC, DCExtremely rare exhibition poster printed on medium thick paper. It was released by the Matsumoto City Museum of Art in Japan with text on the ve...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- UntitledBy Christopher WoolLocated in Washington , DC, DCChristopher Wool & Felix Gonzalez - Torres (After) Christopher Wool’s paintings and prints explore the confluence of image, text, and pattern. They oft...Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
MaterialsLithograph
- Inlender - "Composition" - colour screen printingLocated in Winterswijk, NLColour screen printing from 1981. Signed by hand, numbered or inscribed, dated. Edition: 29. In good condition. A beautiful artwork that looks good...Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsPaper, Lithograph
- Any direction is fineBy David ShrigleyLocated in Manchester, GBDavid Shrigley Any direction is fine, 2021 Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper 27 3/5 × 19 7/10 in 70 × 50 cm Edition of 250Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
MaterialsLithograph
- Whitney Museum PosterBy Robert MotherwellLocated in New York, NYWhitney Museum Poster 1968 Initialed and numbered in pencil, u.l. Lithographic poster (Edition of 150) 30 x 22 inches, framed Contact gallery...Category
1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsLithograph
- Walk Through Walls : A Memoir (Official Hand Signed copy)By Marina AbramovicLocated in New York, NYMarina Abramović Walk Through Walls : A Memoir (Official Hand Signed copy), 2016 First Edition hard cover monograph, hand signed by artist and Stamped "Signed" with Strand Bookshop s...Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
MaterialsMixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
- Antony Gormley Horizon Field (box set of two signed monographs held in slipcase)By Antony GormleyLocated in New York, NYAntony Gormley Horizon Field (box set of two signed monographs held in slipcase), 2011 Hardback monograph, numbered and each hand signed E...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsMixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
- Gagosian Exhibition Catalogue: Jonas Wood Paintings (Hand Signed & Inscribed)By Jonas WoodLocated in New York, NYJonas Wood Paintings (Hand Signed & Inscribed), 2019 Gagosian catalogue monograph, hand signed, dated and inscribed to Jane Hand signed, dated and inscribed by Jonas Wood to Jane, wi...Category
2010s Contemporary Interior Prints
MaterialsMixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset