David Hockney Slowed Down Time
He kept looking.For two weeks, the artist worked tirelessly from the photo to perfect his rendition in his acrylic painting A Bigger Splash, of the dancing droplets that erupted when some long-forgotten swimmer threw themselves into the deep end. Yet captured in Hockney’s most famous work, it lives on, an unremarkable backyard moment afforded the scrupulous attention of a royal portrait.In devoting such deep focus, Hockney, who died Thursday at the age of 88, restored something that had been lost in that original image. The artist thought that paintings and drawings have a certain depth that photography on its own lacks.
- ▪He kept looking.For two weeks, the artist worked tirelessly from the photo to perfect his rendition in his acrylic painting A Bigger Splash, of the dancing droplets that erupted when some long-forgotten swimmer threw themselves into the dee
- ▪Yet captured in Hockney’s most famous work, it lives on, an unremarkable backyard moment afforded the scrupulous attention of a royal portrait.In devoting such deep focus, Hockney, who died Thursday at the age of 88, restored something that
- ▪The artist thought that paintings and drawings have a certain depth that photography on its own lacks.
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CultureDavid Hockney Slowed Down TimeThe tireless artist, who died this week, understood how to reclaim life’s passing moments.By Kelsey AblesYui Mok / PA Images / GettyJune 13, 2026, 8 AM ET ShareSave When David Hockney in the 1960s turned his attention to a photograph of a splash-splattered swimming pool, he did what most of us today, immersed in an endless stream of digital images, do not. He kept looking.For two weeks, the artist worked tirelessly from the photo to perfect his rendition in his acrylic painting A Bigger Splash, of the dancing droplets that erupted when some long-forgotten swimmer threw themselves into the deep end. The splash ended in an instant.
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