David Hockney RIP

Probably Britain's favourate artist David Hockney has died at the age of 88.

Bradford born David saw one of his paintings sold for £70 million at auction in 2018. The most for a living artist.

Been to many of his exhibitions and loved his work. R.I.P.

Loved his work, especially when he moved to the East Riding of Yorkshire living in Bridlington from the late 1990's through to around 2013.He increased the tourist industry in the lesser known Yorkshire Words which gets overlooked by the more famous Dales & North Yorkshire Moors, but the scenery in no less less pleasing to the eye.
Having just checked, it was 2011 when I visited Ferens Art Gallery in Hull which was exhibiting what was his largest painting to date titled Bigger Trees Near Warter a 40 X 15 ft scale which was made up of 50 individual canvasses. It is a part of theWolds that I was already familiar with as it is great walking country & the nearby market town of Pocklington has family connections. The painting is now part of the Tate collection.
Despite his age, Hockney embraced modern tech & latterly created I Pad paintings,17 of which sold for £6.2 million last year. His most famous painting has to be Bigger Splash from his time spent in LA California. David also lived in France, initially Paris before moving to Normandy which led to the work A Year In Normandy, a 90 metre panorama which depicts the countryside of the area season by season. Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, it was previously displayed alongside the great works but is now at the Serpentine London.
The largest Hockney collection is in the Saltaire Museum which I would highly recommend.
Hockney had synaesthesia, a neurological condition where music in his case stimulates colour, which explains many of his vibrant works.

RIP David

He also recently jumped on the “immersive experience” bandwagon with a show touring over the last couple of years where his works are projected at grand scale on 360-degree screens with musical accompaniment.

I know “bandwagon” sounds a little dismissive, but the Hockney show was much better than most of that over-priced Van Gogh and Matisse dross that’s floating around.

I would have said Hockney had the wit and creativity to turn a bandwagon into a star vehicle, but anyway.

An astounding and outstanding painter / artist who adapted to new technologies with passion and showed there was so much possible.

RIP

RIP to a legendary artist, one of our best