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David Hockney, the painter of California light and record-breaking pools, dies at 88 as King Charles mourns 'a giant of the art world'
David Hockney, the British painter who turned sun-drenched Los Angeles pools into icons of 20th-century art and set auction records, died on 11 June 2026. King Charles III led tributes to the artist, remembering his genius and his yellow Crocs.
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British art loses a giant: David Hockney, painter of sun-drenched pools and iPad landscapes, dies at 88
David Hockney, the British painter who brought California sunshine into galleries with his pool scenes and later created iPad landscapes of Yorkshire and Normandy, died at his London home on Thursday at age 88, a few weeks before his 89th birthday.
