Hockney, who began working in the early 1950s, is best known for paintings such as A Bigger Splash (1967), Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures) (1972), and Mr And Mrs Clark And Percy (1971).

Over the next decades, Hockney would depict L.A. as a collection of shimmering pools, towering palms, and low-slung modernist houses, all aglow in a flat bright light. And the city, in turn ...

David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Perhaps best known for his serial paintings of swimming pools, portraits of friends, and verdant landscapes, the ...