David Hockney

David Hockney, 88, died on June 11, 2026. David Hockney was known publicly as an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and 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 lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu. He had an office and stored his archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction. It broke the previous record which was set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million. Public biographical listings identify Hockney as an English painter. Hockney was also associated with draughtsman, printmaker, and stage designer. This public record remains centered on Hockney's work as an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and and photographer and the documented milestones of that career.