Biography
David Hockney was born in Bradford, England 1937 on July 9th to Laura and Keneth Hockney. In 1948 he won a scholarship to one of the best schools in the country, Bradford Grammer
School where he started to become quite interested in his art classes. 1953 -
1957, Hockney attended the Regional College of Art in Bradford to pursue the
career of an artist. During 1966 he moved to California where he began to become
well known for his large swimming pool artworks such as "A Bigger Splash". In
1973 - 1975 David moved to Paris and changed his main focus from painting to
drawing and print making. He then moved back to Los Angeles in 1976 where he
began to work with photography and large scale lithographs. 1982 Hockney began
making photo-joiners. Aside from swimming pools he also enjoyed painting
interiors and exteriors of Californian homes and this was also how he came upon
his art style of 'photo-joiners'. He had taken pictures of a living room using a
polariod camera from all different angles and splayed the images out to form the
living room and had intended to paint the living room from that collection of
photos, yet after observing them he had realised he'd already made a form of
artwork.
David Hockney was born in Bradford, England 1937 on July 9th to Laura and Keneth Hockney. In 1948 he won a scholarship to one of the best schools in the country, Bradford Grammer
School where he started to become quite interested in his art classes. 1953 -
1957, Hockney attended the Regional College of Art in Bradford to pursue the
career of an artist. During 1966 he moved to California where he began to become
well known for his large swimming pool artworks such as "A Bigger Splash". In
1973 - 1975 David moved to Paris and changed his main focus from painting to
drawing and print making. He then moved back to Los Angeles in 1976 where he
began to work with photography and large scale lithographs. 1982 Hockney began
making photo-joiners. Aside from swimming pools he also enjoyed painting
interiors and exteriors of Californian homes and this was also how he came upon
his art style of 'photo-joiners'. He had taken pictures of a living room using a
polariod camera from all different angles and splayed the images out to form the
living room and had intended to paint the living room from that collection of
photos, yet after observing them he had realised he'd already made a form of
artwork.