Master of modern art, David Hockney, passes away at 88

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David Hockney, a leading figure of British pop art and a master of modern art, has passed away. He was 88.

David Hockney passed away at his home in London, UK, on the 11th (local time). Hockney's side stated, "He passed away a month before his 89th birthday."

Born in 1937, David Hockney rose as a leading figure of British pop art in the 1960s and later moved to the United States to continue his work. He was loved as an icon of 20th-century art and a master of modern art. One of Hockney's representative works, "Portrait of an Artist," was sold at auction in 2018 for $90.3 million, becoming the most expensive painting by a living artist.

David Hockney was also widely loved by the public in Korea and held the first large-scale solo exhibition in Asia, "David Hockney," at the Seoul Museum of Art in 2019.

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