1971
The art of David Hockney is always engaging in its pleasant ambiguities: his prints, drawings and paintings are warm but somehow aloof; filled with light yet often dark and brooding in subject; simple, frank and mundane, but also ethereal and complex. The artist’s stature in the contemporary art world is such that, in a 2011 survey of one thousand British painters and sculptors, he was named the most influential British artist of all time.
Hockney grew up in Bradford, in the northern English county of Yorkshire, studying at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to ’57, and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. Though he was educated in art at a time when abstraction dominated the field, Hockney stuck resolutely to figurative painting and drawing.
Hockney's early paintings suggest a search for a style, veering from Expressionism to a grotesquerie suggestive of James Ensor. But Hockney found himself almost the moment he arrived in Los Angeles, in 1963. The move from the gray and rainy Britain to a world of bright sunshine and sparkling water brought Hockney a sense of freedom and an artistic epiphany. He would spend most of the next five years in L.A., painting luminous pictures, such as A Bigger Splash (1967), of things that made him happy: swimming pools, manicured lawns, palm trees, stucco buildings and luxuries like shower stalls. Hockney also painted people, almost always his friends. His California portraits such as Beverly Hills Housewife (1966) are considered to be his finest work. They are at once grandly scaled, intimate and poetic.
In the 1970s, Hockney moved back to Britain and spent much of his time on photography and printmaking. He returned to painting in the 1980s, and to subjects like still lifes, seascapes and portraits. Hockney has always been fascinated by the use of technology in art — he’s credited with inventing the technique of joining Polaroid photos in a collage to form a panoramic picture — and has been using the Brush app to paint on an iPad. Because he was prolific and worked in a wide range of mediums, Hockney’s art is available at many price points. His consistently striking and provocative work should have a place in any comprehensive collection of contemporary art.
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The French Shop
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
David Hockney’s ‘The French Shop’ captures his signature blend of his refined draughtsmanship and balanced compositions. One of the most sought-after black and white images in his pr...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
$235
H 25.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
Buildings in Paris - Lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi - 1980s
By Orfeo Tamburi
Located in Roma, IT
Parisien Café is a Modern artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi (Jesi, 1910 – Paris,1994) in the 1970s. Colored Lithograph. Hand-signed. Numbered on the lower, Edition, 125 prints...
Lithograph
$306
H 25.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
Paris, Houses and Walls - Lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi - 1970s
By Orfeo Tamburi
Located in Roma, IT
Paris, Houses and Walls is a Modern artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi (Jesi, 1910 – Paris,1994) in the 1970s. Colored Lithograph. Hand-signed. Numbered on the lower, Edition, 125 prints. Good conditions. Orfeo Tamburi (Jesi, Ancona,1910-Paris,1994) was an Italian painter and scenic designer. After moving to Rome, Tamburi trained in the Roman School and from an early age took part in the artistic life of the city, collaborating with articles and drawings in L'Italia Letteraria , Il Selvaggio and other magazines. His artworks were exhibited in Italy - at the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadrennial- but also abroad. Tamburi's favorite subjects were mainly landscapes, urban views and Roman, Venetian and Parisian portraits. The artist was also active as a draftsman, illustrating old and modern works of poets and writers with etchings, lithographs and drawings: he created fifty drawings for Little Rome , with a poem by Ungaretti (Urbinati 1944), Cineraccio by Leonardo Sinisgalli (Cento Amici del Book 1966) and many others. In 1979 the Editions Denoël of Paris and Il Cigno Stamperia d'Arte in Rome published a precious three-volume work entitled Paris 20 + 1 with texts by Nino Frank, Georges Pillement and Paul Guth...
Lithograph
$235
H 25.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
Buildings in Paris - Lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi - 1980s
By Orfeo Tamburi
Located in Roma, IT
Parisien Café is a Modern artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi (Jesi, 1910 – Paris,1994) in the 1970s. Colored Lithograph. Hand-signed. Numbered on the lower, Edition, 125 prints...
Lithograph
$39,201
H 25.52 in W 35.52 in
Ink in the Room Screen Print, Contemporary, Signed Edition 37/68
By David Hockney
Located in Bristol, GB
23-colour screenprint on Arches 88 paper Edition 37 of 68 + 14 AP's Signed, numbered, dated and blindstamped by publisher on the front (Gemini G.E.L.) Excellent, with minor loss of s...
Screen
$200
H 23.5 in W 16.75 in
David Hockney 'Park Hotel Munich' 2020- Offset Lithograph
By David Hockney
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In 2020, an offset lithograph reproduction of David Hockney's "Park Hotel Munich" was published, measuring 23.5 x 16.75 inches. The original artwork, created in 1972, is part of Hock...
Offset
$235
H 25.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
Buildings in Paris - Lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi - 1980s
By Orfeo Tamburi
Located in Roma, IT
Parisien Café is a Modern artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi (Jesi, 1910 – Paris,1994) in the 1970s. Colored Lithograph. Hand-signed. Numbered on the lower, Edition, 125 prints...
Lithograph
$295,000
H 31.25 in W 41.5 in
Views of Hotel Well I (Moving Focus Series), Signed Lithograph, T. 280; DH. 67
By David Hockney
Located in Aventura, FL
Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series (T. 280; DH. 67). Lithograph printed in colors on TGL handmade paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition 15/75. or...
Paper, Lithograph
$329
H 25.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
View of Paris - Etching and Aquatint by Orfeo Tamburi - 1970s
By Orfeo Tamburi
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris is a Modern artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi (Jesi, 1910 – Paris,1994) in the 1970s. Colored Etching and Aquatint on paper. Hand-signed. Numbered on the lower, E...
Etching
$400
H 22.5 in W 18 in
Restaurant au Vieux Paris, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
By Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Restaurant au Vieux Paris, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 14.5 x 1...
Lithograph
Girl with Little Man and Dog -- Print, Etching, Aquatint by Paula Rego
By Paula Rego
Located in London, GB
Girl with Little Man and Dog, 1987 Paula Rego Etching with hand shaken aquatint printed in black, on Velin Arches wove Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 50 Printed by C...
Etching
Jack and Jill -- Print, Nursery Rhymes, Etching, Aquatint by Paula Rego
By Paula Rego
Located in London, GB
Jack and Jill, 1989 Paula Rego Etching with aquatint, on Velin Arches wove Signed and inscribed ‘A/P’ One of fourteen artist’s proofs aside from the number...
Etching, Aquatint
Julian and Alexis -- Print, Lithograph, Abstract Art by Howard Hodgkin
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
Julian and Alexis, 1977 Howard Hodgkin Lithograph in colours with hand-finishing in gouache, on 250gsm Arches wove Signed, dated and inscribed A/P An artist's proof aside from the e...
Lithograph
Early Evening in the Museum of Modern Art -- Etching, Abstract by Howard Hodgkin
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
Early Evening in the Museum of Modern Art, 1979 Howard Hodgkin Soft-ground etching printed in black On off-white Hodgkinson hand-made wove paper Signed, dated and numbered from the ...
Etching
Big Dipper-- Print, Aquatint, Art by Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Big Dipper, 1982 Ed Ruscha Aquatint in indigo and black, on wove paper Signed, dated and inscribed 'A. P. 4' One of ten artist's proofs aside from the edition of 10 Published by C...
Aquatint
Him -- Etching, Aquatint, Pendle Witches, Book, Print by Paula Rego
By Paula Rego
Located in London, GB
PAULA REGO Him, 1996 Etching with aquatint, on Somerset textured wove Signed and numbered from the edition of 75 From the deluxe edition of the Pendle Witches Accompanied by the s...
Etching, Aquatint
