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What technique did David Hockney use?

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What technique did David Hockney use?
David Hockey was one of the first artists to use acrylics. He would paint large areas of one color, then would add finer details over top. Shop a selection of David Hockney’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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"Contrejour in the French Style" etching by British artist David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) Contrejour in the French Style etching and aquatint in colours, 1974, on
Category

Late 20th Century Interior Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Henry Seated with Tulips -- Lithograph by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Henry Seated with Tulips, 1976 David Hockney Lithograph printed in colours, on Arches mould-made
Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Vintage David Hockney Exhibition Poster Ashmolean Museum 1981
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Poster produced for David Hockney’s 1981 exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, which
Category

1980s Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Offset

The Haunted Castle (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
image. This print from our publisher's archives is one of thirty-nine etchings from David Hockney
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Catherina Dorothea Viehman (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney’s 1969 "Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm". Hockney worked on this series with Paul
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

The Rake's Progress - new ceramic plate in bespoke box designed by Hockney in UK
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney The Rake's Progress, 2019-2020 Fine Bone China finished with platinum gilding in
Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Platinum

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