In Pictures: David Hockney, the pop artist whose work endured down the decades

Bradford artist David Hockney unveils his Bigger Trees Near Water, created in 2007 and the largest picture ever to be displayed at the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in London (John Stillwell/PA) - (PA Archive)

David Hockney was at the forefront of the pop art movement of the 1960s but embraced new technology in his later years to produce works with gadgets such as iPads after returning to the UK from a long spell in California, where he first moved in 1964.

Settling back in Yorkshire in the coastal town of Bridlington, the Bradford-born artist eventually moved to France but his exhibitions are proving a big draw on both sides of the Atlantic in his latter years.

British artist David Hockney, in front of his own paintings in 2004 (Fiona Hanson/PA) (PA Archive)

David Hockney in front of The Queen’s Window, a new stained glass window at Westminster Abbey in 2018 he designed and which was created by Barley Studio York (Victoria Jones/PA) (PA Archive)

Artist David Hockney during the opening of his exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London in 1988 (Fiona Hanson/PA) (PA Archive)

Artist David Hockney poses for photographs in the Sackler Wing at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 2016 (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Archive)

Poppy Andrews looks at Self-Portrait during a photocall in 2023 (Jordan Pettitt/PA) (PA Archive)

Anti-tobacco campaigner Stuart Holmes demonstrates against artist David Hockney smoking a cigarette in Brighton in 2005 (Chris Ison/PA) (PA Archive)

Not afraid to speak his mind, he was one of the more prominent holdouts against increasing restrictions on smoking and could often be seen puffing on a cigarette.

He never forgot his roots and his work was widely exhibited at Saltaire, the model Victorian village set up in his native West Yorkshire.

His colourful work continued to draw the crowds and in 2012 Queen Elizabeth II made him part of the Order of Merit while more recently the King was also taking counsel from him.

Cementing his national treasure status, he also helped in the design of a Westminster Abbey window.

British artist David Hockney relaxes with a cigarette in 2015 (John Stillwell/PA) (PA Archive)

Queen Sonja of Norway (right) with David Hockney, recipient of the Queen Sonja Print Award 2018 lifetime achievement award and Japanese Canadian artist Emma Nishimura, winner of Queen Sonja Print Award 2018, at the Royal Academy, London (Doug Peters/PA) (PA Archive)

British artist David Hockney sits in front of his 2014 work entitled The Chairs (John Stillwell/PA) (PA Archive)

David Hockney during a photocall for the launch of his new exhibition, David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, in 2012 (Yui Mok/PA) (PA Archive)

David Hockney creating Christmas-themed artwork which is displayed at Battersea Power Station in London (Jonathan Wilkinson/David Hockney/Apple/PA) (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II (front, centre) with members of the Order of Merit (front row left to right) Professor Sir Roger Penrose, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, the Revd. Professor Owen Chadwick, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Sir Michael Atiyah, Sir Anthony Caro, Sir Tom Stoppard (back row, left to right) Neil MacGregor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Lord Eames, Sir David Attenborough, Lord Rothschild, Lord May of Oxford, Baroness Boothroyd, Professor Sir Michael Howard, Lord Rees of Ludlow, the Right Honourable Jean Chretien, David Hockney and Lord Fellowes, in the Music Room, at Buckingham Palace, central London (Dominic Lipinski/PA) (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II presents artist David Hockney with the Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace, London (Steve Parsons/PA) (PA Archive)

The King talks with David Hockney during a 2022 luncheon for Members of the Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace, London (Aaron Chown/PA) (PA Archive)