{"id":699597,"date":"2026-06-12T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699597\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:23:11","slug":"celebrated-british-artist-david-hockney-dies-aged-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699597\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated British artist David Hockney dies aged 88"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘British art has lost a giant’published at 11:49 BST<\/p>\n

11:49 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter<\/p>\n

\"EnglishImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n

Hockney pictured in his living room in Los Angeles in 1991<\/p>\n

Paying tribute on social media, broadcaster Piers Morgan remembered Hockney as a “wonderful character” and recalled seeing him in London recently.<\/p>\n

“One of Britain\u2019s greatest ever artists, a Yorkshireman to his bootstraps, my neighbour in Kensington (often saw him
\non local manoeuvres, albeit in a wheelchair more recently) and a wonderful character. <\/p>\n

He added: “Loved his quote: \u2018Laugh a lot, it clears the lungs.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Labour MP Chris Bryant said he was “very sad” to hear Hockney had died.<\/p>\n

“The recent exhibition in Paris was one of the most memorable I\u2019ve seen in many years,” he added. “So innovative and inspiring. <\/p>\n

“The way he renders shimmering water or night time scenes is amazing. And his line in portraits is perfect.”<\/p>\n

Art historian Richard Morris said Hockney’s “huge achievement was to make serious painting look effortless”.<\/p>\n

“He carried forward one of the most sustained investigations into vision, space and representation by any post-war artist,” Morris said.<\/p>\n

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