British artist David Hockney's life in pictures

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The Bradford-born artist, who has died at 88, was one of the most influential artists of the modern era.

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Auerelien Meunier/Getty Images Hockney successful  a greenish  cardigan, bluish  shirt, and orangish  necktie  successful  beforehand   of 1  of his paintings Auerelien Meunier/Getty Images

A maestro of colour, Hockney painted mundane subjects including the landscapes astir him

British creator David Hockney, who has died aged 88, was 1 of the astir influential artists of the modern era.

Hockney was lauded for his divers techniques and embraced integer creation successful his aboriginal years. Below are immoderate examples of his celebrated creation and the creator astatine work.

Getty Images English creator  David Hockney moving   successful  a studio, circa 1967. Getty Images

Devoted to drafting from an aboriginal age, helium worked agelong days successful the workplace passim his life

Getty Images Winner of this years 1500 archetypal  prize successful  the sixth John Moores Liverpool Exhibition is thirty-year-old David Hockney with his coating  'Peter Getting retired  of Nick's Pool'. He is pictured with his coating  astatine  the Walker Art Gallery successful  Liverpool, 21st November 1967Getty Images

Hockney's unsocial imaginativeness was rapidly recognised, and helium is pictured present successful the 1960s with an award-winning coating called Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool

Getty Images English creator  David Hockney successful  a workplace  with immoderate   of his work, circa 1967. Getty Images

Hockney's quality whitethorn person been flamboyant but his enactment ethic was phenomenal

Getty Images British and American artists David Hockney (l) and Andy WarholGetty Images

The 1960s were a clip of popular creation and abstract expressionism, though Hockney steered his ain singular way done his paintings

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images David Hockney stands successful  acheronian  covering  successful  beforehand   of 'A bigger splash 1967', 1  of his astir   celebrated  paintingsChristopher Furlong/Getty Images

Emigrating to Los Angeles successful the 1960s inspired immoderate of his astir celebrated works, including 1 called A Bigger Splash

Getty Images Portrait of English creator  David Hockney successful  his Saint Germain studio, Paris, France, 1979. Partially disposable   down  him a mentation    of his painting, 'My Parents and Myself,'Getty Images

His household was a recurring taxable successful his paintings, including this 1 of his parents

PA Media David Hockney stands successful  brownish  trousers, a greenish  cardigan successful  a gallery. His 'still-life' portraits are hung connected  the orangish  walls down  him.PA Media

Many of his works were of friends arsenic good arsenic family, specified arsenic these beingness portraits

Getty Images English popular  artist, printmaker, signifier    decorator  and lensman  David Hockney successful  his Bayswater workplace  conscionable  aft  Jonathan Cape published 72 of his drawings successful  publication  form. 1971Getty Images

In playful temper astatine his workplace successful Bayswater, London, successful the 1970s

Getty Images Portrait of English creator   David Hockney, dressed successful  a airy  bluish  sweatshirt and tan trousers, arsenic  helium  stands successful  beforehand   of a chaise longue successful  his home, Los Angeles, California, 1987.Getty Images

At his Los Angeles location successful the 1980s successful beforehand of immoderate of his paintings

Getty Images David Hockney is holding a brownish  canine  and is wearing a blueish greenish  shot   headdress  and glasses with spiral designs connected  them. Getty Images

Man and canine - his playful consciousness of amusive is evident successful this photograph

 A Bigger Picture successful  the Royal Academy of Arts connected  January 16, 2012 successful  London, England.Getty Images

Hockney created immoderate of his works connected a monumental scale, including this country of outpouring successful Woldgate, West Yorkshire

AP British creator  David Hockney poses arsenic  helium  unveils his coating  'Bigger Trees Near Water', the largest coating  ever   shown astatine  the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, London, Friday, May 25, 2007.AP

He took inspiration from mundane scenes, coating what was astir him

PA Media David Hockney creating Christmas-themed artwork which is displayed astatine  Battersea Power Station successful  London.  Saturday December 2, 2023.PA Media

He embraced caller exertion and utilized it to make works large and tiny

AFP via Getty Images British creator   David Hockney poses astatine  the Orangerie depository  successful  Paris, connected  October 7, 2021, successful  beforehand   of his coating  "A twelvemonth  successful  Normandy", a 91-meter-long artwork painted during the lockdown successful  2020.AFP via Getty Images

This artwork, called A Year In Normandy, was painted during lockdown

 Painting And Photography astatine  Annely Juda Fine Art successful  cardinal  London.PA Media

Card players were the taxable of these paintings astatine an accumulation successful London

 Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)" astatine  Lightroom connected  February 21, 2023 successful  London, England.Getty Images

This was the country astatine the gala opening successful 2023 of an accumulation successful London

EPA A idiosyncratic   looks astatine  a coating  of Harry Styles, who sits successful  a reddish  and yellowish  striped jumper and bluish  jeansEPA

Not each of his enactment was immense successful scale. He was conscionable arsenic blessed making iPad paintings of his favourite trees, oregon intimate portraits specified arsenic this 1 of Harry Styles

AFP via Getty Images David Hockney adjacent  to King Charles successful  1994. Charles wears a acheronian  suit, portion    Hockney is dressed successful  a achromatic  blazer, reddish  necktie  and bluish  shirt, with achromatic  trousers. Behind them is simply a colourful portion   of artAFP via Getty Images

Pictured with the past Prince Charles successful 1994. Hockney refused a knighthood successful 1990

Getty Images British creator   David Hockney poses astatine  the Orangerie depository  successful  Paris, connected  October 7, 2021Getty Images

Hockney is pictured present successful 2021 astatine an accumulation of his enactment astatine the Orangerie depository successful Paris

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