Paper Pools
Details
Edition
AP
Medium
Lithograph on Arches Paper
Signature
Pencil Signed
Unframed Dimensions
10.25 x 9 inches
26.04 x 22.86 cm
Framed Dimensions
22 x 19.75 inches
55.88 x 50.17 cm
Year
1980
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Hockney, (born in 1937 in Yorkshire, England), was an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer whose works were characterized by his expertise in technique, a preoccupation with light, and an objective realism aspect, built from Pop art and photography. As a very important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.
He studied at the Bradford College of Art (1953–57) and the Royal College of Art, London (1959–62), where he received a gold medal in the graduate competition. He traveled to the United States in 1961 to teach at the universities of Iowa, Colorado, and California and after, he continued to commute between England and the U.S. until settling in LA in 1978. The intense city light of Los Angeles, along with the “California modern” aesthetic, has had a very prominent influence on Hockney’s work since.
Much of Hockney’s subject matter included portraits and self-portraits and quiet incidental scenes of his friends and the spaces he was traveling among; for instance, the very famously known Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (1972). The casual elegance and tranquil luminosity of these pieces also predominated in his still life works. Hockney’s exploration of photography in the 1980s resulted in Pearblossom Hwy., (April 1986), and other ambitious photocollages. He published several series of graphic works in book form, including illustrations for Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1970) and The Blue Guitar (1977).
