| Gay & Lesbian Art: David Hockney
David Hockney, born 9 July 1937, is an English artist, based in
Yorkshire, United Kingdom, although he also maintains a base in
London. An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the
1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British
artists of the twentieth century.
Hockney was born in Bradford and went to Bradford Grammar
School, Bradford College of Art and the Royal College of Art in
London, where he met R. B. Kitaj. While still a student at the
Royal College of Art, Hockney was featured in the exhibition
Young Contemporaries that announced
the arrival of British Pop Art. His early works also display expressionist
elements, not dissimilar to certain works by Francis Bacon.
Sometimes, these works make reference to his
homosexuality.
© David Hockney.
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