{"id":14243,"date":"2026-06-12T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14243"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:23:18","slug":"hockney-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/12\/hockney-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockney Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/obituaries\/story\/2026-06-12\/david-hockney-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from the LA Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Hockney, whose art celebrated sun-drenched Los Angeles, dead at 88<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/jessica-gelt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jessica Gelt<\/a> and\u00a0Barbara Isenberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Hockney: The Art of Seeing - A Culture Show Special (BBC)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSedj951BIA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Hockney, the innovative and prolific British artist who arrived in Los Angeles in 1964, soon celebrating its sun-drenched life and landscapes in colorful, wildly popular paintings, died Thursday at his home in London. He was 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His death was confirmed in a statement by his publicist Erica Bolton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calling himself \u201can English Los Angeleno,\u201d Hockney immortalized the city\u2019s sparkling swimming pools, palm trees and beautiful young men, then went on to experiment with intricate photo collages, portrait suites, painted and filmed images of Yorkshire landscapes, iPad drawings and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLos Angeles will always be thought of by many people worldwide through the images that David created,\u201d said Stephanie Barron, senior curator and head of the modern art department at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which holds more than 150 works by Hockney in its permanent collection. \u201cBut for me one of David\u2019s greatest gifts was his ability to look at the world with wonder and joy in whatever medium he decided to work in. &#8230; He was fearless in his embrace of technology, and I think that enormous curiosity ran throughout his career, and continued to the end. He was involved in looking at art history and the future simultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/obituaries\/story\/2026-06-12\/david-hockney-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at LAT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from the LA Times David Hockney, whose art celebrated sun-drenched Los Angeles, dead at 88 By\u00a0Jessica Gelt and\u00a0Barbara Isenberg David Hockney, the innovative and prolific British artist who arrived in Los Angeles in 1964, soon celebrating its sun-drenched life and landscapes in colorful, wildly popular paintings, died Thursday at his home in London. 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