Born in 1937 in Bradford, England. Painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer whose works are characterized by economy of technique, a preoccupation with light, and a frank, mundane realism derived from Pop art and photography. He studied at the Bradford College of Art (1953–57) and the Royal College of Art, London (1959–62). He settled permanently in Los Angeles in 1978. David Hockney became internationally famous in the early 1960s as one of the leaders of the pop art movement in the United Kingdom.