Iconic British artist David Hockney dead at 88

https://i.cbc.ca/ais/4b81e797-4cb5-45eb-bed2-e98eb98d7cef,1781260076391/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5184%2C2916%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Renowned British painter David Hockney poses during the unveiling of a huge painting he is donating to the Pompidou Center in Paris, "The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire.", in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.

The 2011 painting includes 32 panels stretching more than 3 meters high and nearly 10 meters wide, and goes on display this week as part of a traveling retrospective of the 80-year-old Hockney's work. (AP photo/Francois Mori)" width="620" />

Artist David Hockney, whose paintings of pools shimmering in the Los Angeles sunshine became icons of 20th century art, died Thursday, his publicist said.

He was 88.