David Hockney
David Hockney was born in Bradford, Yorkshire on July 9, 1937. In 1953 Hockney studied at the Bradford School of Art. He trained based on drawing from life, portraits, and cityscapes. He later began his studying at the Royal College of Art in London. His home and studio in Kensington, London and two other houses in California. He is most known for painting, printmaking, photography, and set design. His Awards include the John Moores Painting Prize (1967), Companion of Honour (1997), and the Royal Academician Order of Merit (2012). In 1968 Hockney started painting portraits. Hockney’s portraits were often of friends, lovers, and relatives. He wanted to depict the good likenesses of his subjects. In the 1980s he began to create photo collages called joiners. He arranged polaroids in a patchwork style to create one composite image. Hockney came up with the idea of joiners on accident. While working on a painting in his living room, he glued the pictures of the living room together creating a narrative. He eventually got frustrated with the limitations of photography and returned to painting. Hockney also created many set designs including at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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