David Hockney - Yorkshire Painter

David HockneyHockney was born in 1937 in Bradford,Bradford, England. He went to school at Bradford GrammarGrammar School and then attendedattended Bradford CollegeCollege and the Royal College of Art in London. His father, KennethKenneth Hockney, was a conscienceconscientious objectorobjector during World War One. His first works were anecdoteanecdotal (telling stories) and ironyironic (a meaning below what you actually see). 

 In 1964, Hockney moved to California,California, USA, where he developeddeveloped a more realisticrealistic way of painting. The main themes at this time were pools, landscapeslandscapes and portraits.portraits.  He completedcompleted a seriesseries of paintings in acrylicsacrylics of swimming pools. 

From 1966, David Hockney increasinglyincreasingly used photographsphotographs for his paintings. He made ​​collages containingcontaining just photographs – joining and combinecombining photos (often taken with a PolaroidPolaroid camera) to form a patchworkpatchwork image. 

 After 1980, Hockney's work had a more expressionisticexpressionistic (art that tries to show feeling and meaning rather than reality) character.character. His work shows influencesinfluences of Picasso and he was very friendly with the American pop artist Andy Warhol.Warhol. Besides paintings, Hockney also makes drawings and etchingsetchings (a kind of print making). Hockney is an avidavid useruser of the Brushes iPhone app. He uses it to draw portraits and send them to friends. He has also designeddesigned sets and costumescostumes for ballets and operas. Hisoperas. His paintings sell for millions of dollars. The Tate GalleryGallery says he is one of the most popularpopular and versatileversatile British artists of the 20th century.

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