Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosts a variety of galleries and exhibits all year round, ranging from well-known artists to more obscure sources. So, it would only make sense that an artist as popular as David Hockney would have his newest gallery tour at this museum. Known for being a big name in the Pop Art Movement, though he denies any claim to be a part of it, Hockney created a series of paintings where he honored eighty-two of his closest friends and colleagues who helped him throughout his life. His influences on the more modern movements he used to participate in are evident in his style, but Hockney is inspired by much older movements and artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse and their schools of practice. Going over all eighty-two of the paintings and the people within them…show more content… Beyond just this single painting, Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits were similar in the detached yet introspective nature of their existence. There are large hints of Post-Impressionistic influences in Hockney’s paintings through the evocative colors used and the brushstrokes. Henri Matisse is another artist that was part of the Post-Impressionism movement, though his style varied wildly from that of Vincent van Gogh. But that same use of flat strange colors is still present in both artist’s paintings after joining this movement. Hockney has also talked about how he was heavily influenced by Pablo Picasso in many of his works. Picasso was an incredibly important figure in the art world during the 20th century. His work in the movement of Surrealism and Cubism is what most closely resembles the work of Hockney. It can especially be seen with The Old Guitarist, 1903. The bold use of blue is unique to Picasso here but the strange emotional bag that the eighty-two paintings matches up very closely to the style of this
