Meow Art｜04 Spring will never be late - David Hockney

180 Meow Art, remember an artist in one sentence: Spring will never be late - David Hockney.

In the 2020 global war epidemic, when the new crown epidemic spread in Western countries, the 82-year-old British artist David Hockney decided to use his artistic power to make a contribution to the world. Recently, he announced new paintings on social media, "Remember they can't cancel spring," or we can translate it as "Spring will not be late," to inspire people around the world's fighting spirit and determination to fight the virus.

David Hockney is known as Britain's most famous living painter. Born in 1937, he held his first solo exhibition in the UK at the age of 26. He has held nearly 400 solo exhibitions around the world and has gained a high reputation. Hockney received a considerable number of honors during his career, including nine honorary degrees from various institutions around the world. In 2012, Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the British Order of Merit. Known as the "Godfather of British Art", he is one of the most influential masters in the international painting world today.

David Hockney’s works combine the cultivation of points, lines and surfaces. He is good at using colorful surfaces and blocks to create flat compositions, and uses smooth lines to highlight the details of individual objects, and finally uses dots to highlight the texture of these different objects. His paintings are realistic and full of decorative interest, with vivid light and shadow depictions. "Pool", a 1973 work, was sold at Christie's auction house's "Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale" in 2018 with no reserve price and was sold for RMB 626 million. A new auction record for a living artist. The previous record was set by Jeff Koons' "Balloon Dog" in 2013.

David Hockney loved landscape painting throughout his life. He once said that landscape painting is an ancient art form that will never die. At the age of 73, David Hockney fell in love with drawing on his iPad. In 2011, he created a set of "Spring" series of IPAD works; and in the spring of 2020, his newly created "Spring Will Not Be Late" is in line with the occasion and directly touches the hearts of people around the world.

? One sentence to remember an artist: Spring will never be late - David Hockney

In the manuscript, we attach the spring series of works by David Hockney, please Read it yourself.

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