100 Great Artists

1931

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1961

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1982

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DAVID HOCKNEY

B()rR in Bradford,

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Bradford School of

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StudS" at Royal

CO/kK' of An,

LondtJn, nt,,,,

Kitaj

PuNJ,b" Rake's

l''''grelS ,tching>_

Pint ,.iri, t. Nonh

Africa, 1I1mr

Andy Jlnroo! in

Nru )"'}

T,,,uh, painIT,

",xb.sand

,xbibirr «ron

USA

Rm'fJ"P'cti!" at

Wbi,m,ap<i

Galhy, L..uJikI

and toUIT Ellrllf"

Mo,...,. to Pari,

S"r/" in Lor

Ang<i<t

TaX""p

pbollJgrapby

/"",,",, painting

"fur ,btu,),<"r

bm,}. B'gint _in

ofh'tbograpbt

Major """"'fHCtT:U

,bo,;:n in USA and

UK. Sm up muli"

in ;\fa/jim

M~j ... r.lTT1<p«tit ..

of dr",;,ingt, Royal

A au/",'Y, u,ndon

&bibiIJ ';:aU,.·

cdOl1rrofFArr

'",hbiu lantNil!,.

Sar" fr"m TM Rlliu i Prng ...... , San F nmd"" 1982

H()ri:nry fim mgaf,'d ,;:irb ,,_jnt<rprning HoglITtb', Rake'; P,ug"'''' ,;:bm

k n"lmrt.J "" " miu of ".bing in 1961. In 1975 b, tN"jg,ud tb, "' and

c".",'"" for l§Jr Stra,imJ:yi-"P""iI t~mon, {lITt pnf"rmro a! 'k

Glyrllkbour", Fm;"a~ Eng/and. Iloci:nryl ,b.a'" ''''r} ,"ix" practicality

,;:im '''''Ptiooal t'irion. To tlia" ,;:Iio ilCctmd bim"f "'gh'ing painting, Ii<

up/i.d; 'r,.. nr.-.,-rtl!a"d ,Ii< rb.a," al a Jid./i"" n",bing / do i, a I.Mi",. '

D

"id Ilockncr i< One (If ".,,' ,,,rs.,ile

a"isl< of his gencta,ion. manr of

whom ha,-e not dn<:loped H

interc<'inglr fi-(. " theit c(."m(lIl mots in 1'(1'

An. l lu-oughout a long ea«",. Ilodrncy has

manag,,1 bo,h nl mun "lIl''''''<"1"Sr _ through

his qui<~lr affitm:l ti,'c h"Ollo-crutic I'" inting< -

and to b<"C(Mne :I IItitish ""tional tn:asun:. as

wi'ness,,1 I".· his c",,,,ion :IS :I Ftccm:ln of

llrad~,,,l. his hom" town. lie has ""in"in"]

.trong ,ic< with Yo.-l,-mi'" and ''''rn,lr tL~urncd

to m:lke grntle ,,-a"''''(~ours of the landscape.

The'" exist in tottl ",nt,."" to h .. ")(lnumrn",1

'TC:ltmCnt of the Gnnd Can}"'lIl. oTigin.llr

exhibi,,,]., Lundoo's R(,)--al AC:ldcmr.

Not onlr is II(dner~ 'lill,,1 dultsman. he

has. 11o pmdu'-'t:d ,-",ching< to iliuStntc Six Fairy

Tal" of ,b. Brotb= Gr;,m" and CPo C,,,,,frs

Po"",. During the 19iOs he ,cn'u",] into St.ge

(k:.ign wi,h "",w"es .nd "'I< ~'T Srr"'insk},s

"[1" Rah', Progr"t .nd '\\O.OT"S "[1" Magic

flll". I" Mh s",!,,,,d at G~."dd"JUrne. ,\hnr sor

that his Ixtinting ,tyle has brnefi«,] fi-,. " the

bn,.drning Out th., ",-as ,e<]ui",d Ii>T St'g<:

<k:sign. When IlodrnL")" "".ok up Ilhonlg.-aphr.

he pursocd m<"Ch.nical image_"",ling ,hmugh

,~rious I'm"'",,,, •. fi-(M" Ilhotog.-aphic ",D.g.:

and pI-oJt(lC'1'Jing to ciglee (inkj'-"'l.

Tne debate con,inues ""::T his .pparent

.,-{,id.net: of subjects s""h OS waT, I",,'er'r.

sickness H.I injus,iet:. ~nd whethet one ean bc a

g.-eat anist wi,hout ""nfmnting '",riou,' issues.

lIu, II,lCkn,-)' bdie,cs i, is ,·ittl nl "Jntinoc

Iwling .nd learning. wi,h the <k:<lieation of.n

exl~O"'T wOO .usperu; there is so much ,m", to

<~s",,'er al. ,ut an it.",lf.