Designer and artist David Hockney passed away on June 11. He was 88.

Hockney was born on July 9, 1937 in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He studied art at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. After graduating, he taught at Maidstone College of Art, and went on to teach at several universities in the U.S. He eventually settled in California.

Hockney’s art is considered highly influential in the pop art movement of the 1960s. His mediums included painting, drawing, printmaking, watercolours, photography, and digital media. He focused on still life, landscapes, portraits, and stage designs. Notably, Hockney created stage and costume designs for top opera houses around the world. Many of these designs are still used today.

Hockney’s designs were featured at the 1975 and 1978 Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 1980, he designed sets and costumes for the Metropolitan Opera‘s 20th-century French triple bill of Erik Satie’s “Parade,” “Les mamelles de Tirésias” by Francis Poulenc and Guillaume Apollinaire, and “L’enfant et les sortilèges” by Maurice Ravel and Colette. The following year, he designed sets for another triple bill of works by Stravinsky for the Metropolitan Opera. His work was also featured at the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and in Mexico City.

In 2017, Hockney was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal for the revival and restoration of his production for “Turandot.”