David Hockney, influential British painter, dies at 88
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The Economist
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Summary
David Hockney, Britain's boldest and most innovative painter, died on June 11th at age 88. The article reflects on his artistic legacy through the description of one of his paintings featuring a pool scene with a man in a peachy-pink jacket, connecting his work to the Renaissance tradition of painting bathers in nature. Hockney's work is placed in the lineage of artists like Piero della Francesca, Rembrandt, and Poussin.
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· 3 pulledThe painting, ten feet wide, is a window onto a world.
Ever since the Renaissance, artists such as Piero della Francesca, Rembrandt and Poussin have painted bathers washing off stains and sin amid the peace of nature.
David Hockney, who created this
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