1972 munich olympic poster david hockney biography
Increasingly rare poster for the Munich Olympic games by David Hockney in excellent condition, framed by Cal Smith.!
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1972 Munich Olympic Games
Art Series Poster
Artist: David Hockney
This poster was designed by the artist David Hockney
David Hockney was born on July 9, 1937 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Great Britain.An original vintage offset lithograph 'Diver' poster designed by David Hockney for the Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany, Signed in the Plate.He is the son of Kenneth and Laura Hockney and has four siblings, Paul, Philip, Margaret and John. He studied art at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and then spent two years as a hospital orderly in order to fulfill his National Service duty. In 1959 he began studying at the Royal College of Art in London. While he was a student he met some of the other artists whose works became part of the edition Olympia series including R.B. Kitaj, Allen Jones and Peter Phillips. During his career Hockney has mastered a wide variety of techniques and has created massive works of art consisting of as many as 50 canvases in works that are 15 x 40 feet in size. He u |