David Hockney immortalised Los Angeles through his paintings of swimming pools, palms and sunny homes.

LONDON, June 13 — British artist David Hockney’s paintings captured the world in brilliant colour, from carefree 1960s California to the bucolic landscapes of his native...

Los Angeles — especially as it was exaggerated, and indeed mythologized, in mid-twentieth century popular culture — could only be felt by someone from an infinitely more…