Shahararren mai zane ɗan ƙasar United Kingdom, David Hockney, ya rasu yana da shekaru 88 a duniya. Rahotanni sun ce ya rasu cikin kwanciyar hankali a gidansa da ke birnin London.
David Hockney na daga cikin fitattun masu fasahar zane na zamani da suka yi tasiri sosai a ƙarni na 20 da na 21. Ya yi fice musamman saboda zane-zanensa masu launuka masu kayatarwa, ciki har da shahararrun zane-zanen wuraren iyo (swimming pools), hotunan mutane, da kuma shimfidar wurare.
An haife shi a birnin Bradford a shekarar 1937, kuma ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan jiga-jigan ƙungiyar fasahar Pop Art ta Birtaniya a shekarun 1960.
Tsawon fiye da shekaru sittin yana aikin fasaha, Hockney ya yi aiki a fannoni daban-daban da suka haɗa da zane, ɗaukar hoto, buga zane-zane, tsara kayan wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma fasahar zamani ta dijital.
Daga cikin fitattun ayyukansa akwai A Bigger Splash da Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), waɗanda suka taimaka wajen tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin sanannun masu fasaha a duniya.
A shekarunsa na ƙarshe, ya rungumi amfani da sabbin fasahohi kamar iPad wajen ƙirƙirar zane-zane, abin da ya ƙara nuna ƙwarewarsa da son gwada sababbin dabaru.
Bayan rasuwarsa, shugabanni, gidajen adana kayan tarihi, masu fasaha, da masoyansa daga sassa daban-daban na duniya sun yi ta aika saƙonnin ta’aziyya tare da yabawa gudummawar da ya bayar ga duniyar fasaha.
David Hockney ya bar gadon fasaha da za ta ci gaba da zama abin tunawa da kuma zaburar da masu fasaha na ƙarni masu zuwa a faɗin duniya.