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Request a valuationDavid Hockney is one of the most celebrated artists of the past century. A pioneer of Pop Art and a master of several mediums - including sculpture, video, painting, drawing, collage, and photography - Hockney is well-known globally and it would be rare to see an account of 20th Century art history in which he was absent.
Born in Bradford, UK, Hockney studied at the Bradford College of Art (alongside Derek Boshier, Pauline Boty, and Norman Stevens) and London’s Royal College of Art. At the RCA, Hockney’s work was showcased in the Young Contemporaries exhibition (which now runs annually as the New Contemporaries show) alongside Peter Blake, marking the dawn of British Pop Art. The artist has taught in several institutions in the UK and USA.
In the early 1960s, Hockney moved to Los Angeles where he made some of his most recognisable work - a series of paintings of swimming pools, including what some believe to be his magnum opus, A Bigger Splash (1967). The painting’s title was also used for a 1973 biographical documentary on the artist’s life.
For a period of 6 months (between November 2018 and May 2019), Hockney held the record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction by a living auction, for his work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) which sold for £70 million via Christie’s.
Now, David Hockney might be as much associated with the iPad as he is with swimming pools, vibrant colour palettes, and sprawling landscapes.
Hockney had always been an early adopter of new technologies. In 1985 the artist began using the Quantel Paintpox computer programme to create digital drawings, and in the early 00’s he began using Photoshop and a Wacompad. The artist is a passionate photographer and his photocollages demonstrate a technologically-forward attitude to composition. Hockney used the software Agisoft PhotoScan in the late 2010s to arrange his later photocollages.
Since 2008, Hockney has used the Brushes application on his iPhone (and then iPad when it was released in 2010) to create digital artworks. Hockney would draw flowers on his iPhone, and email the pictures to friends and family. The artist has used his iPad for various large-scale projects, including creating a stained glass window design for Westminster Abbey and bodies of work for several exhibitions. In 2012 and ‘13, an exhibition of the artist’s landscape work including more than 50 iPad drawings, A Bigger Picture, was held at London’s Royal Academy, Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, and Cologne’s Ludwig Museum. For his Fresh Flowers exhibition, Hockney displayed over 200 of his works created on iPads and iPhones on the devices themselves - hung on the gallery walls as opposed to having the artworks printed out.
Hockney’s digital works have been met with mixed responses from critics, but the artist is a strong believer in the advances the technology offers. The artist has said of his newest mediums “People from the village come up and tease me: ‘We hear you’ve started drawing on your telephone’ … and I tell them, ‘Well, no, actually, it’s just that occasionally I speak on my sketch pad.’” Benefits of using his iPad to draw - according to the artist - include that it is backlit meaning that he can draw in the dark, and that using a stylus can give a resistance similar to that of pencil on paper. Following an update to his beloved Brushes software, the artist worked with a UK mathematician to recreate the application pre-alterations. IPad drawings became the artist’s most prolific output during the 2020 lockdowns, and Hockney focused on creating one artwork per day in his large garden in France. These artworks (over 100 of them) were featured in the artist’s 2021 show at the Royal Academy David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Waiting at York, 180, 2010; ipad d...
Price Realised: £45,500
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- iPad Drawing 'No. 281', 23rd July,...
Price Realised: £33,800
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Gorge d'Incre (from Some More New ...
Price Realised: £18,200
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Untitled 346, 2010 (iPad Drawing);...
Price Realised: £39,000
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Portrait of Feli...
Price Realised: £975
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-Ann Combing Her Hair, 1979;lithograph...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
David Hockney OM CH RA British b.1937- "Rain on the Stud...
Price Realised: £5,200
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Gorge d'Inc...
Price Realised: £22,100
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- The Round Plate, April 1986, 1986...
Price Realised: £13,000
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Tree [Tokyo 61...
Price Realised: £7,150
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-Ann Combing Her Hair, 1979;lithograph...
Price Realised: £5,720
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937; Postcard of Rich...
Price Realised: £4,160
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Beautiful and ...
Price Realised: £3,640
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Two Boys, Aged 23 or 24, 1966; etch...
Price Realised: £5,720
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- French Shop, 1971;etching with ...
Price Realised: £4,680
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Smaller Study of...
Price Realised: £4,680
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- China Diary [T...
Price Realised: £4,420
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Extending Febr...
Price Realised: £11,050
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- A Bigger Book ...
Price Realised: £2,340
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937-California Scene, 1966;offset litho...
Price Realised: £3,380
David Hockney, British b. 1937-Four etchings from the six fairy tales of th...
Price Realised: £2,080
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- On It May Stay His Eye (from 'The ...
Price Realised: £4,420
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-Corbusier Chair and Rug (B. 23), 1969...
Price Realised: £5,460
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937-Rapunzel 1969, from Illustrations fo...
Price Realised: £2,340
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Franco-American Mail, from 'The B...
Price Realised: £2,080
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- I Say They Are [...
Price Realised: £2,080
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- China Diary [Tok...
Price Realised: £1,560
David Hockney OM CH RA and Stephen Spender, British b.1937 and 1...
Price Realised: £1,950
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- My Mother (Brid...
Price Realised: £1,690
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- 'According to prescriptions of anci...
Price Realised: £1,430
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Glass Mountain, (from Illustra...
Price Realised: £2,470
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Rapunzel Growing in the Garden, fro...
Price Realised: £2,600
David Hockney and Stephen Spender, British b.1937 and 1909-1995-...
Price Realised: £1,430
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- He Tore Himself in Two, 1969; ...
Price Realised: £2,340
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Parade, Metro...
Price Realised: £1,495
David Hockney OM CH RA, British, b.1937- "Portrait of F...
Price Realised: £2,210
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Figures with St...
Price Realised: £1,560
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937-David Hockney, My Window; offset l...
Price Realised: £1,105
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Corpses on Fire, from Illustratio...
Price Realised: £1,105
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Olympische Sp...
Price Realised: £1,040
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Parade [Tokyo 18...
Price Realised: £1,430
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Parade, 1981; ...
Price Realised: £1,170
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Olympische Spie...
Price Realised: £1,820
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937 - Langan's ...
Price Realised: £1,040
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Olympische Spi...
Price Realised: £1,040
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Olympische Spi...
Price Realised: £1,040
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Olympische Spi...
Price Realised: £1,040
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- An Etching and a Lit...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- 1st British Internat...
Price Realised: £1,235
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1...
Price Realised: £1,690
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Parade Metropolitan Opera, 1982;...
Price Realised: £2,340
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1972; ...
Price Realised: £1,690
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1972...
Price Realised: £1,040
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1972...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1972...
Price Realised: £1,235
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Older Rapunzel; Glass Mountain;...
Price Realised: £845
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Zeichnungen Und Grafik, Galerie K...
Price Realised: £910
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Red Pots in the Garden, 2017 (Fol...
Price Realised: £1,430
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Garden, 2015 (Folio); giclée p...
Price Realised: £1,300
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Artist's Sweater, 1971; size 36 ma...
Price Realised: £910
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937-Dog 38, 1995; Dog 43, 1995; Little B...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Exhibition Poster (Fiesta), 1988; T...
Price Realised: £624
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Dessins et Gravures, Galerie Clau...
Price Realised: £1,170
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Sexton Disguised a...
Price Realised: £1,560
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Dog 38, 1995; Dog 43, 1995; Little...
Price Realised: £1,105
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-Little Boodge, 1993;offset lithograph...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937-My Mother (Bridlington) 1988;offset ...
Price Realised: £975
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-Parade, 1981;screenprint poster in co...
Price Realised: £1,820
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1972...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Olympische Spiele München, 1972...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Inside the Castle"; from ...
Price Realised: £715
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Tulips"; from "Culture Carr...
Price Realised: £650
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "The Bell Tower",1969; etchi...
Price Realised: £1,170
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- "Rue de Seine...
Price Realised: £806
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Tulips, from Cu...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Exhibition Poster (Fiesta), 1988; ...
Price Realised: £1,170
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Artcurial Exhibition Poster, 1973...
Price Realised: £650
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937-Exhibition Poster (Fiesta), 1988; Th...
Price Realised: £2,340
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- The French Shop, 1971, (Scottish Ar...
Price Realised: £3,380
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Artcurial Exhibition Poster, 1973;...
Price Realised: £845
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Travels with Pen, Pencil and Ink Dr...
Price Realised: £546
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Sun", from The Weather Seri...
Price Realised: £845
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- From Six Fair...
Price Realised: £364
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1...
Price Realised: £572
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge,...
Price Realised: £364
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Paper Pools Bo...
Price Realised: £3,120
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Parade, 1981; ...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The New World ...
Price Realised: £546
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge,...
Price Realised: £572
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Portrait of Ca...
Price Realised: £520
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Pleading for t...
Price Realised: £676
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge,...
Price Realised: £520
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Little Boodge, ...
Price Realised: £390
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1993; offset lithogr...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1993; offset lithogr...
Price Realised: £520
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- XIV Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo...
Price Realised: £390
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1993; offset li...
Price Realised: £520
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Alphabet Book" 1991, publ. ...
Price Realised: £364
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Alphabet Book", 1991, publi...
Price Realised: £416
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Le Nid du Duc",...
Price Realised: £624
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- An Exhibition ...
Price Realised: £390
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Composition Red & Blue...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Two Apples, One...
Price Realised: £338
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Two Apples, On...
Price Realised: £169
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Two Apples, On...
Price Realised: £325
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Artcurial Exhibi...
Price Realised: £546
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Two Apples, One...
Price Realised: £286
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Sexton Dis...
Price Realised: £650
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- San Francisco ...
Price Realised: £390
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- City of London...
Price Realised: £546
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Digging up Gla...
Price Realised: £416
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Remember You C...
Price Realised: £312
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Vide Poche No....
Price Realised: £364
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Untitled...
Price Realised: £624
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Remember You C...
Price Realised: £338
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Vide Poche No....
Price Realised: £390
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Remember You C...
Price Realised: £338
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- New Drawings, S...
Price Realised: £338
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Bombay, 1977; lithograph in colours...
Price Realised: £598
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-Le Nid du Duc, 1971;offset lithograph...
Price Realised: £3,380
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937- The Singer from 1963, 1994; offset l...
Price Realised: £520
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1993; offset lithogra...
Price Realised: £546
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1993; offset lithogr...
Price Realised: £468
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Little Boodge, 1993; offset li...
Price Realised: £715
David Hockney RA, British b.1937- "Hollywood Bowl Calif. A Hollywood...
Price Realised: £260
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Dog 38, 1995; D...
Price Realised: £312
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937 Boy Hidden in an...
Price Realised: £260
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Parade, 1981; ...
Price Realised: £780
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Vide Poche No. 33, 2020; A Year in ...
Price Realised: £286
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937-The Shop Window of a Tobacco Store, 1...
Price Realised: £325
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b.1937- Artcurial Exhibition Poster, 1973;...
Price Realised: £416
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Olympic Games, Munich"; lit...
Price Realised: £234
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "Olympische Spie...
Price Realised: £676
David Hockney OM CH RA British b.1937- ''A Bounce for Bradfo...
Price Realised: £260
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Lake [SAC 80...
Price Realised: £845
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Enchantress ...
Price Realised: £195
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Princess Sea...
Price Realised: £260
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Cook [Tokyo...
Price Realised: £156
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Old Rinkrank Th...
Price Realised: £260
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- My Mothe...
Price Realised: £182
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- An Etching and a...
Price Realised: £221
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Two Apples, On...
Price Realised: £182
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Two Apples, On...
Price Realised: £416
David Hockney OM CH RA,British b. 1937- Dog 38, 1995; Dog 43, 1995; each of...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Vide Poche No. 33, 2020; hand ca...
Price Realised: £182
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "David Hockney: ...
Price Realised: £273
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- David Hockney: ...
Price Realised: £195
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Musee des Arts...
Price Realised: £182
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- The Hypnotist,...
Price Realised: £390
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "A Bounce for Bradford", Feb...
Price Realised: £104
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- "A Bounce for Bradford", pub...
Price Realised: £117
David Hockney OM CH RA British b.1937- ''A Bou...
Price Realised: £156
David Hockney OM CH RA, British b.1937- Los Angeles 19...
Price Realised: £111
David Hockney, OM CH RA, British b.1937- Dialogue Avec...
Price Realised: £72
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