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David Hockney net worth: How much is David Hockney worth?

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English artist David Hockney also works as a stage designer, printer, draughtsman, and photographer. After one of his paintings sold for $90.3 million in November 2018, Hockney became the most expensive living artist in the world.

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Another of his works went for $28.5 million earlier in 2018. He was the fourth of five children, and he was born on July 9, 1937. Since Hockney was born with synesthesia, musical stimuli cause him to sense colors in a synesthetic way.

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He received his education at the Royal College of Art in London, and his work was displayed at the “Young Contemporaries” exhibition, which heralded the debut of British Pop art. Hockney, who is openly gay, addressed the nature of homosexuality in his portraiture, unlike Andy Warhol, with whom he was friends for a long time.

David Hockney net worth: How much is David Hockney worth?

Hockney, whose net worth is thought to be $55.2 million (about £36.1 million), donated paintings worth $124.2 million (roughly £81.5 million) to the David Hockney Foundation in 2012 and contributed an extra $1.2 million (around £0.79 million) in cash to support the foundation’s operations.

 


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