Feed MRSS-S alfred_jarry_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:19:43 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-06-12/david-hockney-one-of-the-20th-centurys-most-influential-british-artists-dies-aged-88.html Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:19:43 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-06-12/david-hockney-one-of-the-20th-centurys-most-influential-british-artists-dies-aged-88.html Rafa De Miguel The painter achieved massive success with his colorful scenes of California, Normandy, and the United Kingdom The painter achieved massive success with his colorful scenes of California, Normandy, and the United Kingdom David Hockney Andy Warhol Los Ángeles Walt Whitman iPad Pablo Picasso Alfred Jarry Tate Britain Luc Castel (Getty Images) David Hockney dies David Hockney in Paris in 2017. David Hockney in Paris in 2017. <p>In May 2021, while the world was still trying to recover from the Covid pandemic, British artist <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-24/one-of-the-greatest-achievements-of-modern-art-the-story-behind-david-hockneys-44-million-painting.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-24/one-of-the-greatest-achievements-of-modern-art-the-story-behind-david-hockneys-44-million-painting.html">David Hockney</a> presented his exhibition <i>The Arrival of Spring. Normandy, 2020</i>, dozens of hours of meticulous work he devoted to capturing — on his iPad using the Brushes app — the essence of the changing seasons while the world was confined by tragedy. True to form, he did not give up on either innovation or joy.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-06-12/david-hockney-one-of-the-20th-centurys-most-influential-british-artists-dies-aged-88.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>