David Hockney, OM, CH, RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art pastime of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.
Hockney has owned a domicile and studio in Bridlington and London, as skillfully as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently before 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
On 15 November 2018, Hockney’s 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool in the same way as Two Figures) sold at Christie’s auction home in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most costly artwork by a living artist sold at auction. This broke the previous record, set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million. Hockney held this CD until 15 May 2019, Jeff Koons reclaimed the honour with his Rabbit sold for more than $91 million at Christie’s in New York.
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