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 was prolific and worked 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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David Hockney A Bigger Book Limited Edition with Marc Newson Stand
By David Hockney
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in.), 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, with an adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson, plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book A Bigger Book, TASCHEN’s SUMO...
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David Hockney. 220 for 2020
By David Hockney, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Year in Normandy with David Hockney. The course of the seasons in an artist’s book of iPad paintings. From a small, picturesque farmhouse in the rich fields and meadows of Normandy...
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David Hockney 112 L.A. Visitors Folio 7 Lithos & Title Page Ed 20 Orig Receipt
By David Hockney
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful folio by the Modern Master David Hockney. This folio was assembled in 1993 from a series of photographs the artist made of visitors to his Studio in Los Angeles between 1...
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Original David Hockney Exhibition Lithograph Poster Beverly Hills Housewife 2001
By David Hockney
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original Vintage David Hockney Pop Art Lithograph Exhibition Museum Poster Beverly Hills Housewife 2001. Denmark Large Format, Original, Out-of-Print, David Hockney, Limited Edition...
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David Hockney My Window Artist's Book, XL Edition
By David Hockney, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Window to the World. David Hockney’s artist’s book in an unlimited XL-edition. When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibi...
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David Hockney - Museum of Fine Arts Boston Original 2019 Poster
By David Hockney
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful poster featuring David Hockney's 1998 painting "Garrowby Hill" was produced by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA in 2019 to promote works by the British artist ex...
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David Netto Book by David Netto
Located in New York, NY
David Netto By: David Netto Illustrations by Mita Bland The first monograph of a distinctive voice in American design whose work, a blend of sophisticated...
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$1,010 / item
H 33 in W 24 in D 1 in
SALE 80s Original David Hockney Pool & Steps Louisiana Museum Exhibition Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1987 Original David Hockney "Pool and Steps" Louisiana Museum Exhibition Lithograph Poster Gorgeous Original David Hockney's "Pool and Steps" Lithograph Exhibition Poster for the Lo...
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Italian Renaissance Star of David Book Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style rass filigree religious book stand with Star of David and 7 candleholders (19th Cent.)
Brass
$440Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.25 in W 16.63 in D 0.07 in
Original Italian Art Exhibition Poster - Ferruccio Garopesani
Located in Miami, FL
Original Italian art exhibition poster by painter and designer Ferruccio Garopesani. Presented in 1975 at the Galleria International d'Arte - Diorena - Ascona, Italy. A native of ...
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Signed Marc Newson Ashtray
By Marc Newson
Located in NYC, NY
A clear smoke-colored ashtray by Marc Newson with facsimile of the artist's signature on underside.
Glass
Gaetano Pesce Exhibition Poster Bernini, Italy, 2001
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare exhibition poster designed by Gaetano Pesce for Bernini, Italy 2001. This poster was an exhibition poster for the Bernini Exhibition at Gal...
Glass, Wood, Paper
1972 Munich Olympic Games - David Hockney Original Vintage Poster
By David Hockney
Located in Winchester, GB
Celebrated British artist David Hockney was one of 29 artists commissioned to produce posters for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. In the run-up to ...
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$544Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 24 in W 16 in D 1 in
SALE David Hockney Park Hotel Munich Orig Exhibition Lithograph Poster Denmark
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
David Hockney Park Hotel Munich Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster Denmark 1972 David Hockney Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster entitled Park Hotel Munich published by the Louisiana Museum of Art. Denmark. Beautiful, calming, minimalist, David Hockney lithograph...
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$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.38 in W 33.86 in D 0 in
Original Vintage David Hockney Exhibition Poster 'New York Film Festival', 1981
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage David Hockney exhibition poster 'New York Film Festival', 1981 Step into the vibrant world of David Hockney, where every stroke of his brush tells a story of boundl...
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$300
H 30.25 in W 19.75 in D 0.08 in
Original Paul Klee Mid-Century Lithograph Exhibition Poster, 1955
Located in Winter Park, FL
An original Mid Century French lithograph exhibition poster for Paul Klee, published by Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Paris. The design features a grid of colorful geometric squares, ...
Canvas, Paper
$450Sale Price|21% Off
H 11 in W 14 in D 2 in
Limited Edition Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Book with Serigraphs
By Walt Disney Productions
Located in San Diego, CA
Hard to find limited edition Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" book with four serigraphs, circa 1978. This book is #2230 of #9500 distributed worldwide and is lavishly illustr...
Paper, Leather
$1,650
H 32.75 in W 36.75 in D 0.25 in
David Hockney 1986 Pear Blossom Highway Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
David Hockney 1986 Pear Blossom Highway Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster Amazing, Out-of-Print, original, 1986 David Hockney Exhibition Lithograph Poster, entitled "Pear Blosso...
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H 32.5 in W 25 in D 0.75 in
David Hockney Signed Lithograph Poster for Dessins et Gravures Exhibition, 1975
By David Hockney
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite engaging limited edition exhibition color lithograph poster on wove paper by renowned British UK artist David Hockney from his "Dessins et Gravures" show at Gal...
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David Hockney Flowers Lithograph Mid Century Modern Art 29" x 22"
By David Hockney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Colorful Modernist Lithograph, entitled "Amaryllis In Vase", from the Moving Focus Series, by David Hockney, circa 1980s. It measures an impressive 29.75"h x 22.25"w framed. Recently...
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Original David Hockney Nichols Canyon Exhibition Poster Denmark
By David Hockney
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original oversized Hockney Lithograph Exhibition Poster of Nichols Canyon, in California Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark The lithogra...
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H 38.9 in W 0.04 in D 23.94 in
David Hockney 1988 poster for David Hockney: A Retrospective at The Metropolitan
By David Hockney
Located in Renens, CH
David Hockney 1988 poster for David Hockney: A Retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1988 The 1988 poster for David Hockney: A Retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of ...
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"David Hockney - Etchings and Lithographs" Book - First Edition 1988
By David Hockney
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare first edition copy of "David Hockney - Etchings and Lithographs" book, circa 1988. The book, compiled by author Marco Livingston is in very good vintage condition with no torn o...
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David Hockney Dachshund Doxie Dog Exhibition Lithograph Poster
By David Hockney
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original 90's David Hockney Stanley & Boodge Dachshund Dog Exhibition Museum Black & White Sketch Lithograph Poster Art Printed in the UK Large, Original, David Hockney, 1994 Exhi...
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H 27.5 in W 33 in D 0.5 in
Original 90's David Hockney Stanley & Boodge Dachshund Dog Exhibition Poster
By David Hockney
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original 90's David Hockney Stanley & Boodge Dachshund Dog Exhibition Museum Black & White Sketch Lithograph Poster Art Printed in Yorkshire, UK 1994 Large, Original, David Hockney...
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Original David Hockney Nichols Canyon Exhibition Poster Denmark
By David Hockney
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original oversized Hockney Lithograph Exhibition Poster of Nichols Canyon, in California Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark The lithogra...
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H 25 in W 40 in D 0.5 in
90s Original David Hockney The Other Side Louisiana Modern Exhibition Poster
By David Hockney
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare, Oversized, 1993 Original David Hockney Louisiana Museum of Denmark Modern Art Exhibition Poster entitled The Other Side" Text along base reads: David Hockney Some Very New ...
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H 10.75 in W 9.25 in D 1.25 in
David Hockney Hand Signed & Stamped First Edition Book That's The Way I See It
By David Hockney
Located in Studio City, CA
A David Hockney rare hand-signed first edition/ first printing (with full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1") hard cover fine art book "That's The Way I See It" published by Chronic...
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H 10.5 in W 8.65 in D 0.5 in
David Hockney Hand Signed First Edition Book Pictures by David Hockney, 1979
By David Hockney
Located in Studio City, CA
A David Hockney hand-signed first edition/ first printing (there was no hardcover book. This copy is the true first edition) softcover art book "Pictures by David Hockney" (Edited a...
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1985 David Hockney - Galerie Claude Bernard Original Vintage Poster
By David Hockney
Located in Winchester, GB
This wonderful poster promotes the David Hockney exhibition "David Hockney Images et pensées pour le magazine Vogue" or "David Hockney Images and Thoughts for Vogue Magazine" at the ...
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