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Biography of David Hockney
Name: David Hockney
Birth Date: July 9, 1937
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: artist, photographer, costume designer, writer
David Hockney
In addition to his photographs and individual art shows, versatile artist David Hockney (born 1937) has also produced work as a painter, graphic artist, stage designer, and writer.A self-taught artist, David Hockney is best known for his captivating photographs and individual art shows that display his work. Hockney has worked also as an independent painter, graphic artist, and stage designer. Hockney's reputation as a genuinely original and powerful artist is secure even though his work continues to push the boundaries of public perception and critical opinions. Although much of his work is considered "user-friendly" and tasteful, thereby considered modernist, Hockney has the ability to shock. Hockney's uncanny ability to navigate the tides of public opinions and perceptions of him has provided him with a reputation that is not only accepting of criticism, but incorporates such criticism into future works. He has taught as an art instructor at a variety of …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…American trial lawyerPeter Max (1937-) pop artistSelected world events:1945: U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki1956: Painter Jackson Pollock died1963: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas1965: Race riots in Watts district of Los Angeles1973: Pablo Picasso died1980: Former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed1989: West Berlin and East Berlin were reunited1991: Basketball star Magic Johnson was diagnosed with HIV1996: Ted Kaczynski charged with 18-year Unabomber mystery Further Reading periodicalsSmith, Roberta, "From the Heart and Hand of David Hockney," in New York Times, April 3, 1996, p. B1.Peppiatt, Michael, "Sunshine Superman," in Town & Country Monthly, April 1996, p. 43.Glover, Michael, "David Hockney," in ARTnews, April 1996, p. 143.booksLuckhardt, Urlich, and Melia, Paul, "A Drawing Retrospective," in David Hockney, Chronicle Books, 1996.Webb, Peter, Portrait of David Hockney, Dutton, 1st American edition, 1988.Livingstone, Marco, David Hockney,1st American edition, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981.Knewstub, John, and Maurice Rothenstein, Modern English Painters, St. Martin's Press, 1952, 1974.
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