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..A rebel among his contemporaries, Hockney (b.1937) – largely known for his portraits and vast landscapes – is also recognized for his refusal to be pigeonholed in a particular medium or artistic style...
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..Hockney’s initial chosen methods of lithography and then etching, so suitable for an artist whose prime focus was on drawing, beguiled him from the very beginning as he honed his skill as a gifted draughtsman...
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..Hockney began working with the iPhone in 2008, and his subsequent discovery of the Brushes application as well as other “apps” enabled him to produce works of extraordinary variety...
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..Hockney in his early works in the medium used his thumbs and fingers to create full-color images directly on the device’s screen, modifying the color and hue and layering brushstrokes of various widths...
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