Books by David Hockney

2. David Hockney embraced tech (NYT).  And do not forget his writings , not to mention his persona and also his role in gay history and liberation.  He was truly one of the great Englishmen, as he had been doing first-rate work since what, 1954 ?

4. David Hockney and Martin Gayford, A History of Pictures .  How artists have thought about space and light over the centuries, consistently interesting and insightful, wonderful color plates too.  I am not persuaded by all of Hockney’s claims about art history, but overall he is much underrated as a writer and thinker, including on the nature and import of photography.