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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.
Painted in 1967, A Bigger Splash is perhaps David Hockney's best-known artwork. What is it that makes this painting so iconic and seductive – and still very modern-looking fifty years after it was made? The painting depicts a sun-drenched swimming pool in Los Angeles.
Painted in the summer of 1967, David Hockney’s “A Bigger Splash” is an eye-catching evocation of a hot, sunny, cloudless Californian day.
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.
A Bigger Splash, 1967 Acrylic on canvas 96 x 96" Tate, U.K.
The Splash is a 1966 pop art painting by the British artist David Hockney. It depicts a swimming pool beside a pavilion, disturbed by a splash of water created by an unseen figure who has apparently just jumped in from a diving board.
Oct 17, 2023 · David Hockney : A Bigger Splash, 1967 | Tate Britain More info: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hockney-a-bigger-splash-t03254
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.
A Bigger Splash was painted in Califomia in the early summer of 1967. It is a record of a typical warm, sunny, cloudless day; from the position of the shadows cast by the eaves of the building and the chair, it appears to be midday when the sun is highest in the sky and the heat is most intense.
