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David Hockney shares exclusive artwork depicting the awakening of spring drawn on his iPad from lockdown in Normandy as 'a respite from the news'
David Hockney has unveiled a collection of vibrant artworks created during isolation at his Normandy home in which he captures the ankomst of spring in all its glory as he tries to offer people 'a respite from the news'.
The 82-year-old painter, often dubbed Britain's greatest living artist, has released ten new images created on his iPad, nine of which have never been published before.
Hockney described the artworks as a 'great respite' from the ongoing crisis and revealed why he plans to keep painting every day from his home in northern France with his dog, Ruby, at his side.
He told the BBC: ‘I began drawing the winter trees on a new iPad. Then this virus started…
‘I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blomning. This fryst vatten the scen we are right now.
'Meanwhile the virus is going mad, and many people said my
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Norman Lear Art Collection Auction: David Hockney Painting Bought in 1978 for $64,000 Expected to Fetch $25-$35 Million
And now, several pieces from the Lears’ art collection will hit the Christie’s auction block, including David Hockney’s 1967 “A Lawn Being Sprinkled.” When the “All in the Family” creator bought the work in 1978 for $64,000, it marked the highest price paid for a piece by the British artist. Christie’s estimates it will bring in $25-$35 million after debuting during the 20th Century Evening Sale in New York City on May 16. “I remember when I first met Norman, he had a gallery,” Lyn Davis Lear told me. “He loved showing people art.”
David Hockney’s “A Lawn Being Sprinkled.”
Norman Lear was introduced to the local Los Angeles art scene in the 1970s by agent-turned-television-producer Richard “Dick” Dorso. “
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Paintings by George W. Bush went viral after a hacker exposed them.
Unlikely as it sounds, former president George W. Bush is apparently a Sunday painter. Several of his works were recently brought to light when a hacker broke into the Bush’s family email account.
The paintings are two self-portraits – one of him looking at himself in a bathroom mirror and the other is a point-of-view of himself in the bathtub looking down at his body.
Who knew that after eight years of being the most powerful man in the world he would turn to painting? It’s possible that he was painting all along but never told anyone. It’s not so unusual really – after all, many world leaders have turned to art at some point to express themselves. Winston Churchill, favored landscapes, Dwight D. Eisenhower, painted landscapes and portraits, while Prince Charles who mostly paints in watercolors generally donates his paintings to charity auctions.
But George Bush – his pain