David Hockney: Painting the things you love across media
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David Hockney, who died aged 88, was Britain’s leading artist celebrated for fearless work across painting, photography, printmaking and digital media. From Bradford to Los Angeles and back to Yorkshire, he created iconic pool scenes and expansive landscapes while embracing new technologies—Polaroids, photocopiers, and iPad art—guided by his maxim to paint the things you love. His career included battles against censorship, major retrospectives, and the honor of the Order of Merit, cementing a lasting impact on modern art.
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- ‘David Hockney caught the look of the modern world’: a tribute to the artist whose work was a feast of visual pleasure The Guardian
- David Hockney, Whose Painting of a Swimming Pool Broke Records, Dies at 88 WSJ
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