{"id":1101,"date":"2026-06-25T09:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:21:40","slug":"david-hockney-died-did-anybody-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/david-hockney-died-did-anybody-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hockney Died? Did Anybody Notice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems Paul did. Immune from the ravages of age, he&#8217;ll soon be delivering all our eulogies!<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hockney-dead-789x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hockney-dead-789x1024.png 789w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hockney-dead-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hockney-dead-768x997.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hockney-dead.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>David Hockney was a friend and an incredible painter. I knew him during the 1960s and kept a friendship going till he died on Thursday, the 11th of June. He was very clever witty and fun to be with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>His paintings often gave off a feeling of great joy. Nancy and I enjoyed visiting his studios in California where we took a drive along Mulholland Drive which he made famous all over again in his sensational paintings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Or in his London studio. The rooms were filled with paintings. Often some of the most recent pictures that he had done. He would talk about them and his very particular views on art. He felt that it was important to see correctly. He wasn\u2019t a great fan of perspective and was always involved in inventing new ways to view the world. His many paintings, drawings, films and other media like iPad drawing he took readily to and mastered.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He was a serious Chain Smoker and believed it was everyone\u2019s right to smoke like the days when he and I had\u00a0been brought up in smoke filled rooms. We visited him once in Bridlington, Yorkshire. He met us at the train station and drove us to his house in a smoke filled car.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We will miss his fabulous personality, his laconic wit and his erudite views on how to look at the world.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Rest in peace, David. We love you.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<h4 class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj xzsf02u x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/art\/news\/david-hockney-death-funeral-attendees-b2999878.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE ABOUT DAVID HOCKNEY&#8217;S DEATH!<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems Paul did. Immune from the ravages of age, he&#8217;ll soon be delivering all our eulogies! David Hockney was a friend and an incredible painter. 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