David Hockney net worth
David Hockney Net Worth: David Hockney is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer who has a net worth of $150 million. In November 2018, a painting by Hockney sold for $90.3 million, making it the world’s most expensive living artist. In early 2018, another of his paintings sold for $28.5 million.
He was born on July 9, 1937, the fourth of five children. Hockney was born with synesthesia, and he sees synaesthetic colors based on musical stimuli. He was educated at the Royal College of Art, London, and participated in the “Young Contemporary” exhibition announcing the arrival of British Pop Art. Hockney was openly gay, unlike Andy Warhol, a longtime friend who explored the nature of homosexuality in his portraits. He is also known for producing prints, portraits of friends and stage designs for the Royal Court Theatre, Glyndebourne, La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Many of Hockney’s works are housed in the Salt Mill in Saltaire, near his hometown of Bradford, England. The collection of author Christopher Irsherwood is considered the most important private collection of his work, and in the early 1990s Don Bachardy, Isherwood’s longtime collaborator, donated the collection to a foundation. Over the years, Hockney has received numerous awards and honors for his work. In 1990, he was knighted but rejected. He was awarded the Progress Medal of the Royal Photographic Society in 1988 and the Special 150th Anniversary Medal and Honorary Fellow (HonFRPS) in 2003 for his continued and significant contribution to the art of photography. In 2012, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him to the Order of Merit, an honour limited to 24 members at any one time in recognition of their contributions to the arts and sciences. In 1974, Hockney was the subject of Jack Hazan’s film The Bigger Splash, named after one of Hockney’s most famous 1967 swimming pool paintings.
Hockney was also the inspiration for artist Billy Pappas in the documentary “Waiting for Hockney,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. His work has appeared in countless books, and in 2012 Hockney opened the David Hockney Foundation to help further educate the public about the appreciation of art, especially the creative arts of the era.
