David Hockney

• Born July 9th 1937 in Bradford, England.
• Started drawing at an early age. (In his bible class he started drawing scenes and people from the bible).
• 1948 won a scholarship to Bradford Grammer school where he studied art to a larger extent.
• 1953 enrolled at the college of art in England and began painting in oil, this is where he also developed a talent for abstract work.
• He also befriended Andy Warhol when he visited the United States, this allowed him to start trying new things and learn from others around him too.
• Hockney also was a photographer and this give him more attention because his works were very powerful and received well by audiences.
• Hockney was a well accomplished artist who seemed to love to explore the possibilities, especially in photography. Later on in his life he seemed to like collages so he made a lot of trips and took thousands of pictures which he put together.