British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, photographer, and designer David Hockney British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, photographer, and designer

Background born in Bradford in 1937 Royal College of Art in London achieved international success by the time he was in his mid-20s the best-known British artist of his generation His early painting gained him a reputation of leading Pop artist, although he himself rejected the label

POP ART arose from a rebellion against an accepted style Pop Art brought art back to the material realities of everyday life, to popular culture ordinary people derived most of their visual pleasure from television, magazines, or comics

Hockney’s Paintings Portrait Surrounded by Artistic Devices 1965 The Second Tea Painting 1961

I loved the idea of painting this thing that lasts for two seconds; it takes me two weeks to paint this event that lasts for two seconds.' A Bigger Splash 1967; Acrylic on canvas, 242.5 x 243.9 cm (95 1/2 x 96 in)

More Hockney Paintings Nichols Canyon 1980 Acrylic on canvas The Chair 1985 Oil on canvas

Matisse’s Influence Harmony in Red/La desserte 1908

Analytical Cubism By 1910, Picasso and Braque had developed Cubism objects were deconstructed into their components In some cases, this was a means to depict different viewpoints simultaneously The Guitar Player (1910)

Composite Polaroids From 1982 Hockney explored the use of the camera, making composite images of Polaroid photographs arranged in a rectangular grid. Kasmin Los Angeles 28th March 1982 1982 Composite Polaroid 41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in (106 x 75.6 cm)

More composite Polaroid's David Graves Pembroke Studios London Tuesday 27th April 1982 1982 Composite Polaroid 51 3/4 x 26 1/4 in (131.4 x 66.7 cm)

Photocollages Mother I, Yorkshire Moors, August 1985 Photographic collage 18 1/2 x 13 in (47 x 33 cm) He used regular 35-millimeter prints to create photocollages, compiling a 'complete' picture from a series of individually photographed details.

Pearblossom Highway, 11-18th April 1986 #2 1986 Photographic collage

Place Furstenberg, Paris, August 7,8,9, 1985 #1 1985

My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 82 #4 1982 Photographic collage 47 1/2 x 27 1/2 in (120.7 x 69.9 cm)

The Skater, NY, Dec. 1982 1982

“Sitting in the Zen Garden at the Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto, Feb “Sitting in the Zen Garden at the Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto, Feb. 19, 1983,” photocollage, ed. 20, 144.8 x 116.9 cm, 1983.