David Hockney OM CH RA English, b. 1937

Works
  • David Hockney OM CH RA, Fires of Furious Desire, 1961
    David Hockney OM CH RA
    Fires of Furious Desire, 1961
    Etching and aquatint on handmade Crisbrook laid paper.
    Signed 'David Hockney' in pencil lower right, dated '61', and numbered from the edition of 75, lower left.
    Plate: 14.4 x 27.4 cm (5 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
    Sheet: 29 x 39.5 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
    Frame: 37.4 x 48.2 cm (14 3/4 x 19 in.)
    Number 71 from the edition of 75 aside from 16 Artist's Proofs
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  • David Hockney OM CH RA, Fiesta, 1988
    David Hockney OM CH RA
    Fiesta, 1988
    offset lithographic poster printed in colours on glossy thick wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges
    unsigned
    63 x 42.5 cm
    24 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.
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Biography
David Hockney OM CH RA, Fires of Furious Desire, 1961
Fires of Furious Desire, 1961
David Hockney OM CH RA, Fiesta, 1988
Fiesta, 1988
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“It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes facility comes because one is more interested in looking at things, examining them, and making a representation of them, more interested in the visual world, than other people are.’’

 

David Hockney (b. 1932, Bradford) studied at Bradford School of Art, and the Royal College of Art, London. Whilst at the Royal College of Art, Hockney was tutored by Sandra Blow, who was a visiting tutor to the Painting School between 1960–75. David Hockney has exhibited worldwide in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and his works are in all major collections of 20th Century and contemporary art.

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