David Hockney passed away last night.
David Hockney: Tributes paid to a 'giant' and 'true icon' of British art https://share.google/1xEygNCf7EVbK39rF
I saw. It’s always sad when someone passes, but reading about what an impact he made on the world just leaves me feeling so inspired. What a blessing to have left the world just a little better than you found it.
Alex Farquharson, director of the Tate Britain gallery, described Hockney as an "immensely important figure" and "an endlessly inventive artist, with a unique vision of the world".
Farquharson remembered Hockney as someone who was "always completely and courageously himself, both in his work and in life".
"He taught us about the joy of looking, seeing things the rest of us failed to notice - his witty and sharp observations a constant presence within his work and in person," he continued.
"The loss to the art world is immense: David's passing brings to a close an extraordinary body of work characterised by reinvention.
Dominic James Bilton, co-leader of the Queer British Art Network told the BBC: "We've lost one of those people who were making changes in society before it was socially and culturally acceptable to be gay.
"He pioneered queer British art before it was fashionable to do so, before contemporary society built upon it."
Bilton added that Hockney was an inspirational "giant of queer British art".
Labour peer Lord Cashman added that the artist "spoke truth to the world, whether the world was ready for it or not" adding that when gay rights group Stonewall was founded, Hockney donated an artwork worth $250,000 to pay for its early years as a charity".
Antiques Roadshow art expert Frances Christie told BBC Radio 5 Live that Hockney's art appealed to a wide audience.
He painted "really everyday, ordinary subjects - he painted people, he painted the landscapes around him, whether they were in Yorkshire or the Grand Canyon or in California or in Normandy or in France", she said.
She added that he was a "master of colour", adding: "He wasn't scared to use bold dynamic colour combinations, and above all, I think there's an energy in his pictures.
"They're often just joyous, you can feel his energy and warmth in them, but equally he can also elicit lots of very different emotions as well."
Others paying tribute included art historian Richard Morris, who posted on X: "His huge achievement was to make serious painting look effortless.
"He carried forward one of the most sustained investigations into vision, space and representation by any post-war artist. British art has lost a giant."
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