Doll boy david hockney biography

          David Hockney's Doll Boy, created in , offers an early glimpse into his exploration of acrylic painting.!

          Hockney registered as a conscientious objector, at a point when the authorities were taking a more relaxed view of ethical objectors.

        1. Hockney registered as a conscientious objector, at a point when the authorities were taking a more relaxed view of ethical objectors.
        2. Born in , David Hockney grew up in a northern English town during the days of postwar austerity.
        3. David Hockney's Doll Boy, created in , offers an early glimpse into his exploration of acrylic painting.
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        5. David Hockney is born in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 9 July, the son of Kenneth and Laura Hockney and the fourth of five children.

          6. David Hockney

          British artist (born 1937)

          "Hockney" redirects here. For the British politician, see Damian Hockney. For the art history theory, see Hockney–Falco thesis.

          David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer.

          As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.[2][3]

          Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington and London as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu.

          He has an office and stores his archives on Santa Monica Boulevard[4] in West Hollywood, California.[5][6][7]

          On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), be