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A Bigger Splash is a large pop art painting by British artist David Hockney. Measuring 242.5 centimetres (95.5 in) by 243.9 centimetres (96.0 in), it depicts a swimming pool beside a modern house, disturbed by a large splash of water created by an unseen figure who has apparently just jumped in from a diving board .
- Acrylic on Canvas
‘A Bigger Splash‘, David Hockney, 1967 on display at Tate Britain.
In many of David Hockney’s paintings from the mid to late 1960s, the subject matter is a combination of photographic images and observed details. A Bigger Splash is inspired by a photograph Hockney found in a book about building a swimming pool, while the building in the background is taken from one of Hockney’s drawings of Californian ...
David Hockney, 1967 , California Painted in the summer of 1967, David Hockney’s “A Bigger Splash” is an eye-catching evocation of a hot, sunny, cloudless Californian day. Against the back-drop of a single-story modernist building with its flat roof, large windows and, behind, two tall, slender palm trees, the greater part of the painting ...
Jan 30, 2023 · David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash (1967) painting was partly inspired by a photograph of a pool he found in a book as well as the influence Los Angeles had on him when he traveled there in 1963, notably the architecture, climate, and relaxed way of life. Reportedly, the house was based on Hockney’s drawings of a California-styled house.
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A Bigger Splash, Pop art acrylic painting created in 1967 by British artist David Hockney. This large and striking work is one of several pictures of California swimming pools that Hockney painted. Hockney’s colleague R.B. Kitaj commented, “It is a rare event in modern art when a sense of place is achieved at the level of very fine painting.”
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About A Bigger Splash. David Hockney’s 1967 painting, “A Bigger Splash,” is an iconic piece depicting a sun-drenched swimming pool in California. At approximately 94 x 94 inches, it was painted with acrylic and is one of Hockney’s most famous works. The painting features a modernist building and an empty chair against the backdrop of an ...
