#art, The Amazing David Hockney!

At 88 years of age and still going strong and according to him, he feels like he is 30 when he is in the studio painting… This is one of the artists I like. His work is extremely popular and selling for millions and millions at auction…

David Hockney’s landscapes and Pop Art (sort of) became quite popular during the 1960’s… He has received numerous awards throughout the years, including Knighthood in 1990… He has never been afraid of expressing himself, of his love-life, and never being «in the closet», and also his love of smoking… Hockney has also written several books throughout his career, namely «The Way I See It«…

(«Nichols Canyon» (1980) Courtesy Phillips/Image source: CNN)

«Nicholas Canyon» sold at auction for a little over USD 41 million… Then his «Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)» (1972), was auctioned at Christie’s (2018) for a record-breaking USD 90.3 million. At the time he became the world’s most expensive living artist….

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David Hockney was born in Bradford, England in 1937. He studied at the Royan College of Art (RCA). He lives partly in California where he has studios in the Hollywood Hills, and in Malibu, as well as an office on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. He has two residences in California as well as one in London and one in Bridlington, England.

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