When English painter David Hockney first flew into Los Angeles in the early 1960s, he was struck by the aerial view of bright blue swimming pools scattered across the city. “In England, a swimming ...

David Hockney painted California (1965) after traveling to Los Angeles for the first time. Christie's An early David Hockney painting depicting a California swimming pool—one of the artist’s most ...

(CBS) -- Acclaimed British painter David Hockney is poised to dethrone Jeff Koons for the highest auction sale of a work by a living artist. Hockney, known for his vibrant palette and iconic ...

"The World According to David Hockney," by Martin Gayford, Thames & Hudson publishers, seems designed as a holiday stocking stuffer: colorful images by Hockney, including several greatest hits, and ...

An early David Hockney pool painting, a signature subject for the 86-year-old English artist, is expected to sell for £16 million (US$20.3 million) at Christie’s London. Painted in 1965, California ...

In honor of painter David Hockney's 78th birthday, and the summer season, here is a selection of the artist's famed pool paintings. A Bigger Splash, 1967 by David Hockney (Photo: Courtesy the artist’s ...

Museum of Contemporary Art, pub., pub. In the 1960s, the young English artist David Hockney moved to Hollywood, and like Aldous Huxley, another Englishman, found the landscape and the locals to be an ...

A David Hockney painting of a man in a pink jacket overlooking a sun-dappled swimming pool sold for $90.3 million at Christie’s in New York on Thursday—setting a record for a living artist at auction.

Acclaimed British painter David Hockney is poised to dethrone Jeff Koons for the highest auction sale of a work by a living artist. Hockney, known for his vibrant palette and iconic depictions of life ...