David Hockney Swimming Pool Painting

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David hockney swimming pool painting.

Michael childers hockney s swimming pool paintings exerted a powerful influence on other artists. The first started in 1971 was inspired by the serendipitous juxtaposition of two photographs on the artist s studio floor. Picture of a hollywood swimming pool is an interesting almost minimalist take on the subject. A bigger splash is one of a number of paintings hockney made of californian swimming pools.

Realizing the futility of his efforts hockney abandoned that effort and reinvigorated started the painting all over again. The splash is the only clue to their presence in the scene. Artwork page for a bigger splash david hockney 1967 on display at tate britain. A swimming pool painting by david hockney could become the most valuable work of art by a living artist sold at auction.

One of the most iconic images in the artist s oeuvre david hockney s portrait of an artist pool with two figures is a story of two compositions. It measures 7 ft 10 ft 2 1 m 3 0 m 1 and depicts two figures. The tangled designs on the bottom of the pool itself make it seem like its own abstract painting within the painting. One swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down at the swimmer.

London reuters david hockney s los angeles pool painting the splash fetched 23 1 million pounds 29 9 million at a sale on london on tuesday auctioneers sotheby s said compared with a. Hockney s first experiment with the swimming pool motif was painted in 1964. Portrait of an artist pool with two figures is a large acrylic on canvas pop art painting by british artist david hockney completed in may 1972. He has captured the moment just after someone has dived in.