David Hockney (1937) - "The Diver" - Munchen Olympic Games 1972

Magnificent color offset lithograph poster of David Hockney's emblematic work (1937-2026) "The Diver" (1970)
Created for the Munich Olympic Games in 1972.

Today this poster is one of the most sought-after prints in the 1972 Olympic series. It is particularly appreciated by David Hockney collectors, contemporary art enthusiasts, and Olympic poster collectors.

Description:

- Artist: David Hockney (1937 - 2026)

- Title: "The Diver - Munchen 1972 Olympic Games"

- Signature:
In the lower left white margin appears the official Olympic edition stamp, realized by the famous Victor Vasarely.

- Edition: Olympia 1972 - GmbH 1971 - Printed in Germany.

- Technique: Museum-quality color offset lithography.

- Dimensions: 70 cm x 50 cm

- Origin: Art gallery

- Condition: Excellent (See the many photos)

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About the artist:

David Hockney’s art remains fascinating in its pleasant ambiguities: his prints, drawings, and paintings are warm yet somehow distant; filled with light but often dark and unsettling; simple, frank, and banal, yet ethereal and complex. The artist’s stature in the contemporary art world is such that, in a 2011 survey of a thousand British painters and sculptors, he was named the most influential British artist of all time.

Hockney grew up in Bradford, in Yorkshire, northern England. He studied at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957, then at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. Although trained in art at a time when abstraction dominated the field, Hockney remained resolutely devoted to figurative painting and drawing.

Hockney’s early paintings suggest a search for a style, moving from expressionism toward a grotesque evoking James Ensor. But Hockney found himself almost immediately upon arriving in Los Angeles in 1963. The shift from gray, rainy Britain to a world of bright sun and sparkling water gave Hockney a sense of freedom and artistic revelation. He spent most of the next five years in L.A., painting luminous works such as A Bigger Splash (1967), things that made him happy: pools, manicured lawns, palm trees, stucco buildings, and luxury items like diving boards. Hockney also painted people, almost always his friends. His Californian portraits such as Beverly Hills Housewife (1966) are regarded as his best works. They are grand, intimate, and poetic.

In the 1970s, Hockney returned to Britain and devoted much of his time to photography and printmaking. He returned to painting in the 1980s, and to subjects such as still lifes, marine landscapes, and portraits. Hockney has always been fascinated by the use of technology in art—credited with inventing the technique of assembling Polaroid photos into a collage to form a panoramic image—and he used the Brush app to paint on an iPad. Because he is prolific and works across a wide range of media, Hockney’s art is available at many prices. His work, always striking and provocative, should find a place in any comprehensive collection of contemporary art.

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