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.
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Still Life with Hats
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
1973 Chromogenic print in colours on photographic paper Image 23.9 x 17.8 cm Sheet 26.9 x 20.8 cm From the Series Twenty Photographic Pictures by David Hockney Signed with initials a...
Photographic Paper, C Print
$132,561
The Desk
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
David Hockney’s The Desk reimagines the traditional still life through the lens of perspective and how we view the world around us, a popular period of experimentation in his career....
Board, C Print
$2,335
H 35.44 in W 28.35 in
African Mines 001 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, environment
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
African Mines 001 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 × 72 ...
C Print
$1,459
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in
African Mines 007 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, environment
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
African Mines 007 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *60 × 60 ...
C Print
Rosegarden - part 1 - Suburbia
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Rosegarden' - part 1, (Suburbia) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid Certificate and signature label, artist inventory number: 403.11 Not mounted Stefanie Schneider...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$1,751
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in
Deep Mirroring Forest 011 by Bernhard Lang - Landscape photography, trees, green
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
Deep Mirroring Forest 011 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 5 dimens...
Photographic Paper, C Print
$1,518
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in
Tulip Fields 36 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, flowers, vivid
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 36 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 4 di...
C Print
$243
H 15.75 in W 18.51 in D 1.38 in
Pepper, Vinegar and Salt, Clacton-on-Sea - Interior Still Life Color Photograph
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Pepper, Vinegar and Salt, still life photograph from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. The well handled condiments in a Clacton-on-Sea café have become a work of art. This artwork is a...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$4,000
H 39.38 in W 53.15 in D 0.4 in
Brooklyn Bridge (Stay) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color, New York, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's...
Metal
$2,160
H 15.75 in W 39.38 in
Deep Mirroring Forest 005 by Bernhard Lang - Landscape photography, trees, green
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
Deep Mirroring Forest 005 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 6 dimens...
Photographic Paper, C Print
$2,500
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Primary Colors - Contemporary, Figurative, Icons, Polaroid, Photograph, expired
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Primary Colors' (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001, 20x20cm, installed 70x70cm, sold out Edition of 10, Artist Proof 2/2, archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Si...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$3,971
H 14.77 in W 12.41 in
Candida Höfer, Semper Oper Dresden IV - Limited Edition Photograph, Signed
By Candida Hofer
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944) Semper Oper Dresden IV, 2023 Medium: C-print on photo paper Dimensions: 37.5 x 31.5 cm Edition of 20: Hand-signed and numbered, verso Condition: Mint
C Print
$1,518
H 35.44 in W 24.41 in
Circle Irrigation 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Kansas
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
Circle Irrigation 10 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 cm...
C Print
$1,985
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in
Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial floral photography, Netherlands, frame
By Bernhard Lang
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is a limited edition of 10 copies, it is sold framed with...
C Print
Sold
H 4.14 in W 3.55 in
Byron Upton -- Unique, Polaroid Print, Photograph by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
DAVID HOCKNEY Byron Upton, 1977 Unique polaroid print of Byron Upton Signed and Inscribed 'It's inspiring me already. Much love David’ in ink Photograph: 10.5 x 9.0 cm (4.1 x 3.5 ...
Polaroid
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H 4.14 in W 3.55 in
A Young Model -- Unique, Polaroid Print, Photograph by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
DAVID HOCKNEY A Young Model, 1977 Unique polaroid print of Byron Upton Signed and titled in ink Photograph: 10.5 x 9.0 cm (4.1 x 3.5 in) PROVENANCE The estates of David & Ann Gr...
Polaroid
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H 53 in W 39 in D 1 in
Mother, Los Angeles December 1982 Hockney Large Scale Framed Photo collage
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
This David Hockney photo collage portrays the artist’s mother seated in Hockney’s carpeted Hollywood Hills home. Sporting a stylish large white collar, she sits with hands clasped and ankles crossed, perched elegantly on a small chair, lap warmed by a rainbow crocheted blanket...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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H 50 in W 77 in
Sunday Morning Mayflower Hotel NY Nov. 28, 1982 David Hockney photo collage
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
This Hockney photographic collage depicts the artist in his suite at the Mayflower Hotel while preparing designs for the sets and costumes of a French Triple Bill of opera and ballet at Lincoln Center, New York. Decorated in earth tones and shades of sepia, the room is seen from the point of view of the artist who is reclining on the bed. At the center of the composition, a mirror reveals the artist in the act of photography, a black camera obscuring his face. A pack of Gitanes cigarettes are placed atop a glass ashtray, by a rotary phone. Stacks of books on the bureau suggest an extended stay. Hockney’s gold-ringed hand is outstretched to the left, while his body is obscured by newspapers spread across the bed. On the cover of The New York Times Book Review, Robert Lowell’s stern visage: “The Poet at the Center”. To the right lies a color program for the Metropolitan Opera’s 1982-83 season, Hockney’s sly nod to their production of Parade, a triple-bill of short French pieces directed by John Dexter, for which Hockney designed innovative sets and costumes. The production included Satie's ''Parade,'' Poulenc's ''Les Mamelles de Tiresias'' and Ravel's ''L'Enfant et les Sortileges.” Hockney was staying at the Mayflower Hotel, located opposite from Lincoln Center, to work on this project. While the artist has removed almost all traces of his body -- save a curiously large hand, and his obscured reflection -- this work is remark...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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H 39 in W 24 in
Vintage David Hockney poster Gregory Loading His Camera 1983 Millennial pink
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster features a David Hockney photographic collage. A young man with a mop of curls wearing brown leather loafers crouches over his camera, reloading its f...
Lithograph
Celia Making Tea
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Photo collage on paper Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. David Hockney is an English painter, draftsman, pri...
Aquatint
Malibu
By David Hockney
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is pleased to be offering another example of one of David Hockney's photographs from his famed 1976 portfolio. David Hockney (b. 1937) had an interesting relationship wi...
C Print
Excelsior
By David Hockney
Located in Toronto, Ontario
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century and is arguably the most important European contributor to the Pop Art movement of the...
Color
Peter Showering
By David Hockney
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is pleased to be offering another example of one of David Hockney's photographs from his famed 1976 portfolio. David Hockney (b. 1937) had an interesting relationship wi...
The Pines, Fire Island
By David Hockney
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is pleased to be offering another example of one of David Hockney's photographs from his famed 1976 portfolio. David Hockney (b. 1937) had an interesting relationship with photography- both using it as a tool and simultaneously subverting and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Most notably, from the 70's until the early 80's Hockney experimented and produced a wide body of photo-based work including his highly innovative photo-collages, called "Joiners". This work, which is from the portfolio "Twenty Photographic Pictures, 1976" recalls some of Hockney's most iconic and sexiest pop paintings. In the summer of 1975 Hockney begins to experiment with photography. That July, he spends time on Fire Island...