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David Hockney Biography (1937-)

Born July 9, 1937, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; son of Kenneth and LauraHockney. Addresses: Office--7506 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 9, 1937

Bradford, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Work; Set and Costume Designer
• Ubu Roi, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1966.
• Rake's Progress, Glyndebourne Opera, England, 1975.
• The Magic Flute, Glyndebourne Opera, 1978.
• "Parade," "Les Mamelles de Tiresias," and "L'Enfant et les Sortileges," in Parade (triple-bill), Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1981.
• "Le Sacre du Printemps," "Le Rossignol," and "Oedipus Rex" (triple- bill), Metropolitan Opera, 1981.
• Varii Capricci, Royal Ballet, New York City, 1983.
• Tristan und Isolde, Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Los Angeles, CA, 1987.
• (with Ian Falconer) Turandot, Chicago Lyric Opera, 1992, then San Francisco Opera.
• (with Ian Falconer) Die Frau Ohne Schatten, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, England, 1992, then Los Angeles Music Center Opera.
• Credits; Film Work
• Hockney's paintings of California swimming pools appeared in California Suite, Columbia, 1978, and his photographic montage of Theresa Russell titled"Nude 17th June 1984" was created for Insignificance, Island Alive, 1985.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• Painter, A Bigger Splash, Buzzy Enterprises, 1984.
• A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China, or Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth (documentary), New Yorker Films, 1988.
• Himself, Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary), Aries, 1990.
• Himself, Shotgun Freeway: Drives thru Lost L.A. (documentary), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 1995.
• Also appeared as himself in Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (also known as The London Scene), 1967; appeared in Fire in the Water, 1977; appearedas himself in the documentary Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa, 1985.
• Credits; Television Work
• Artwork, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (movie), ABC, 1991.
• Costume and set designer, The Magic Flute (special), PBS, 1991.
• Set Designer, Turandot from the San Francisco Opera (special), PBS, 1994.
• (Based on painting "Pool with Two Figures") "Armed Response," Picture Windows (series), Showtime, 1995.
• Credits; Television Appearances
• Himself, Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius (documentary), PBS, 1982.Himself, Omnibus (documentary series), ABC, 1988.
• Himself, The Painter's World: Changing Constants of Art from the Renaissance to the Present (documentary), PBS, 1989.
• Also appeared in Behind the Scenes (series), 1992.
• Writings;Screenplays
• A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China, or Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth (documentary), New Yorker Films, 1988.
• Writings; Other
• David Hockney by David Hockney, edited by Nikos Stangos, Thames & Hudson, 1976, Abrams, 1977.
• Paper Pools, Abrams, 1980.
• The Artist's Eye, National Gallery, 1981.
• (With Stephen Spender) China Diary, Abrams, 1982.
• Cameraworks, Knopf, 1984.
• (With Paul Joyce) Hockney on Photography, Harmony Books, 1988.
• David Hockney: A Retrospective, Abrams, 1988.
• Hockney has published collections of his work in various mediums, and hasillustrated books for others, including Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Further Reference

Books:

• Freidman, Martin L., Hockney Paints the Stage, Abbeville Press, 1983.
• Livingstone, Marco, David Hockney, Thames & Hudson, 1981.
• Newsmakers: 1988 Cumulation, Gale, 1989, pp. 182-185.
• Periodicals Art in America, November, 1985, p. 144; June, 1990, p. 185.
• ARTNews, January, 1980, p. 52; October, 1986, p. 91.
• Film Comment, July-August, 1989, p. 53.
• Interview, December, 1986, p. 160; January, 1988, p. 51; April, 1994, pp. 56-57.
• Life, February, 1988, p. 53.
• Newsweek, February 15, 1988, p. 64.
• New York, February 28, 1981, p. 36.
• New Yorker, July 7, 1979, p. 35; July 9, 1984, p. 60.
• Opera News, May, 1980, p. 12.
• Rolling Stone, December 13, 1990, p. 178.
• Smithsonian, February, 1988, p. 62.
• Time, June 20, 1988, p. 76.
• USA Today, July, 1988, p. 76.