In the end nobody knows how it's done - how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.
David Hockney
David Hockney b. 1937
David Hockney is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and of the British pop art movement. A painter, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer, his unmistakable style breaks boundaries both in the rules of art and across multiple artistic movements. Born in 1937 in Bradford, England he studied at the Royal College of Art, but did not graduate on account of declining to submit an essay along with his final work. In the 1960s, his bright, figurative paintings of Los Angeles swimming pools accompanied by Californian landscapes as wells as personal subject matter including portraits of friends ignited his career. In 1963, at the age of 26, he had his first one-man show and in 1970 the White Chapel Gallery exhibited his first retrospective.
In the early 1980s, he began working in photocollage, or “joiners” as he called them, exploring movement and photography. In a recent 2016 exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, Hockney debuted a series of works created on the iPhone and iPad exhibiting his love for technology.
Auction Results David Hockney
David Hockney
Cushions
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $35,000
David Hockney
Man Reading Stendhal
estimate: $8,000–12,000
result: $9,375
David Hockney
White Lines Dancing in Printing Ink
estimate: $2,500–3,500
result: $7,500
David Hockney
Hockney's Alphabet
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $5,625
David Hockney
Old Guitarist from The Blue Guitar portfolio
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $4,688
David Hockney
Hockney's Alphabet
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,750
David Hockney
The Lake from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $3,380
David Hockney
Rapunzel Growing in The Garden from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
estimate: $800–1,000
result: $2,375
David Hockney
Ann in the Studio
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $2,000
David Hockney
The Lake from llustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
estimate: $1,200–1,800
result: $1,875
David Hockney
Ann in the Studio
estimate: $3,500–4,500