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David Hockney

1937 - Today

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David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington and London as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu. He has an office and stores his archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Hockney is the 21st most popular artist (up from 24th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 727th in 2019) and the most popular British Artist.

David Hockney is most famous for his paintings of landscapes and portraits. He is also well known for his work in photography.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, David Hockney ranks 21 out of 125. Before him are Theo van Doesburg, Yves Klein, El Lissitzky, Anders Zorn, Roy Lichtenstein, and Adolph Menzel. After him are Keith Haring, Kurt Schwitters, Akira Yoshizawa, Banksy, Josef Albers, and Émile Gallé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, David Hockney ranks 40. Before him are Bruce McLaren, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Robert Huber, Philip Glass, Gordon Banks, and Jared Diamond. After him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Bill Cosby, Gennady Yanayev, Robin Warren, Claude Lelouch, and Robert Crippen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hockney ranks 677 out of 8,785. Before him are Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), and Robert Burton (1577). After him are Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Philip Miller (1691), Augustus Pugin (1812), William Dampier (1651), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, David Hockney ranks 1. After him are Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), William Etty (1787), Damien Hirst (1965), Mary Delany (1700), Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), John Butler Yeats (1839), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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