David Hockney The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate For Sale
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire (2011)
David Hockney's The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire series represents a watershed moment in contemporary art, merging the artist's lifelong fascination with landscape painting with groundbreaking digital technology. Created in 2011 when Hockney was 73, this extensive body of work—comprising over 100 individual pieces—captures the progressive transformation of the Yorkshire countryside through spring's fleeting weeks. Working primarily on iPad using the Brushes app, Hockney documented the same routes and vistas near his East Yorkshire home with obsessive dedication, producing multiple works dated precisely by day, from early March through late May. These aren't merely digital sketches but fully realized compositions that demonstrate Hockney's mastery of color, perspective, and his revolutionary approach to plein air painting in the digital age.
The technical achievement of this series cannot be overstated. Hockney exploited the iPad's immediacy and luminosity to capture the vibrant chromatic intensity of spring—the electric greens of new growth, the brilliant yellows of rapeseed fields, and the deep purples of tree shadows. Each work bears a specific date in its title, emphasizing the series' documentary nature and Hockney's commitment to recording ephemeral seasonal changes. The artist's bold, confident strokes and sophisticated understanding of spatial relationships translate seamlessly to the digital medium, while the works' jewel-like color saturation achieves an intensity impossible in traditional paint. This synthesis of old master landscape tradition with cutting-edge technology positioned Hockney as a pioneer in digital fine art and expanded the conversation about artistic media in the 21st century.
From a market perspective, The Arrival of Spring series has solidified Hockney's position as the world's most valuable living artist. Works from this series have appeared at major international auctions and in prestigious institutional collections, reflecting strong collector demand for Hockney's digital works. The series' combination of art historical significance, technical innovation, and the artist's established market dominance makes these pieces highly sought-after by sophisticated collectors. As digital art gains increasing acceptance in the fine art market, early examples by canonical artists like Hockney command premium positioning.
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David Hockney
13th of January, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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17th April , from The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate , East Yorkshire , in 2011
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17th of May From 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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18th March , from The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate , East Yorkshire , in 2011
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18th of January, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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19th of April, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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1st of January, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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21st of March, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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22nd May, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate
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23rd April , from The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate , East Yorkshire , in 2011
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26th April, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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29th of January, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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30 April From 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate'
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31st May, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate , East Yorkshire in 2011
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5th May The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011
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8th of January, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 12th No. 1, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 12th No. 2, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 14th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 1st, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 24, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 25th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 27th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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April 28th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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February 19th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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February 23rd, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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February 25, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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January 2nd, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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January 3rd, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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January 4, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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June 2nd, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 14th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 15th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 16th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 19th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 22nd, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 25th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 30th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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March 5th, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 11, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 12, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 14, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 16, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 18, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 19, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 30, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 31 no. 1, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 31 no. 2, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 4, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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May 6, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
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