What does A Bigger Splash show?

A splash in a pool after a dive

What did he paint on returning to Yorkshire?

Huge landscapes of trees and fields

David Hockney Quiz: A Bigger Splash and California Pools

This David Hockney quiz dives into the bright California pools of the Bradford-born painter. Play 10 interactive questions on his move to Los Angeles, A Bigger Splash and its frozen splash, acrylic paint, Portrait of an Artist with its record auction price, photo collages he called joiners, iPad drawings, Yorkshire landscapes and his life in Normandy.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Born
Which English city was Hockney born in?
Move
Which city inspired his pool paintings?
Splash
What does A Bigger Splash show?
Paint
Which paint did he use for his pool works?
Museum
Which London gallery owns A Bigger Splash?
Record
Which Hockney painting set a record for a living artist in 2018?
Joiners
What did Hockney call his photo collages?
Tablet
Which device has he used to draw in later years?
Yorkshire
What did he paint on returning to Yorkshire?
France
Where in France has he lived and painted?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which English city was Hockney born in?
Answer: Bradford
He was born in 1937.
Q2: Which city inspired his pool paintings?
Answer: Los Angeles
He moved there in the 1960s.
Q3: What does A Bigger Splash show?
Answer: A splash in a pool after a dive
No diver is seen.
Q4: Which paint did he use for his pool works?
Answer: Acrylic
It dried quickly in flat colors.
Q5: Which London gallery owns A Bigger Splash?
Answer: Tate
It dates from 1967.
Q6: Which Hockney painting set a record for a living artist in 2018?
Answer: Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)
It sold for about 90 million dollars.
Q7: What did Hockney call his photo collages?
Answer: Joiners
He pieced together many prints.
Q8: Which device has he used to draw in later years?
Answer: An iPad
He sends drawings to friends.
Q9: What did he paint on returning to Yorkshire?
Answer: Huge landscapes of trees and fields
Bigger Trees Near Warter is one.
Q10: Where in France has he lived and painted?
Answer: Normandy
He painted the arrival of spring there.

Splashes of California Light

David Hockney was born in Bradford, England, in 1937 and moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s. Fascinated by the light and the swimming pools, he painted flat, bright scenes in acrylic, which dried quickly in clean colors.

A Bigger Splash, from 1967 and now at Tate, shows only the splash after a dive, with no diver visible. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold for about 90 million dollars in 2018, then a record for a living artist at auction.

Hockney later made photo collages he called joiners, drew on an iPad and returned to Yorkshire to paint huge landscapes such as Bigger Trees Near Warter. He has also lived and painted in Normandy, recording the arrival of spring.

What This Quiz Teaches

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Did You Know?

Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is at Tate.
He designed opera sets.
He studied at the Royal College of Art.
Bright colors define his style.
He writes about seeing and perspective.