▲ David Hockney
David Hockney, a master of contemporary British art, passed away on June 12 (local time) at the age of 88.
Hockney's publicist stated, "Hockney, one of the most important figures in 20th and 21st-century contemporary art, passed away peacefully at his home, about a month before his 89th birthday."
Born in Bradford, England, on July 9, 1937, Hockney graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and lived for a long time in Southern California, USA.
He gained global recognition before he even reached his 30s, and his diverse and experimental body of work led his name to be regarded as a genre in itself.
He is recognized for traversing portraits, still lifes, and landscapes, rejecting conventional single-point perspective, and exploring a wide variety of media.
His representative works include his swimming pool series, such as "A Bigger Splash," which captures the scenery of Los Angeles swimming pools, and "Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy," a portrait of a famous fashion designer couple, all noted for their bold compositions and colors in depicting figures and landscapes.
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