What a terrible portrait. Seit Beginn der 1960er Jahre beschäftigte sich Hockney intensiv mit der Druckgraphik. Who are you to pronounce judgment? But, Mr Borstlap, were they queuing in Dallas for your Solemn Night Music, or for Kavakos in Bartok’s second violin concerto, or for Beethoven’s Fifth? Recent self-portraits show his face to be uncharacteristically glum, and in each an ear has been omitted. It’s not an easy profession. This is something which makes Beethoven provocative and wonderful. Thanks, I didn’t know about this. The same goes, of course, for music. “problems with eye sight: a visual artist contemplates the disaster it would be to go blind, and expresses visually complete empathy with a musician becoming deaf. Artnet News, September 27, 2017. https://slippedisc.com/2020/12/david-hockney-im-deaf-like-beethoven Beethoven did not sit for Hockney! It is remarkable that someone like yourself, of such limited musical talent, takes it upon himself to denigrate the work of one of the truly great artists of the 20th and 21st century. It wouldn’t work on my browser, but I found another link to this very fine drawing, interesting in comparison with the famous Stieler 1820 portrait. But I know, musicians and most of the people who enjoy and love classical music, have not much interest in the visual arts, and that is regrettable since there are interesting paralels. So cute to see people defending Mr H’s work with such passion. Leaving snide comments aside, I do think this is a striking and rather poignant image. 100), 2011, ... deaf—increasing capacity in one of the senses with diminished acuity in another.2 In those same months that Hockney visited the Picasso exhibition at the de Young, he was in the midst of developing his ideas for the multicamera digital movies. Probably Mr Hockney has also problems with his eye sight. Afterwards, I was carried on the shoulders of fans and needed police protection, scrambling to my hotel. But he’s still working, still creating – and still wowing with a mercurial originality that is inspiring. “Embarrassing”. Yes, that’s the spirit! One of the better REAL portraits of Beethoven is the modest pencil drawing by C.F.A. Thanks Ellingtonia. Visually, it is extremely poor, something what the Germans have invented a special word for: ‘Fehlleistung’, an achievement in terms of failure. Dec 21, 2014 - The most famous and wonderfull drawings with animals as a theme. David Hockney working on Under the Trees, Bigger (2010–2011, pl. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Weitere Ideen zu David hockney, Kunst, Edward hopper. Just as a very final afterthought, here is a reminder of Warhol to delight you further: https://www.masterworksfineart.com/educational-resources/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-beethoven-series-1987/, (In my penultimate comment, ‘variation’ got accidentally deleted.). Jahrhunderts. I wonder what David Hockney would think of your compositions, if he were able to hear them? David Hockney is arguably the world’s greatest living artist. David Hockney’s ‘In the Studio,’ 2019, inkjet print on paper. in the early 1800s (when his deafness began). “So cute”, you mean people who appreciate the immense talent that Hockney is and who in a lengthy life has produced works that millions have responded to. 1953–57 Studies at Bradford School of Art, where his fellow students include Norman Stevens, David Oxtoby and John Loker. A real national treasure !! Nov 1, 2013 - Stockbridge Gallery Dogs in Art has a selection of dog cards by gallery artists Hockney himself is now almost completely deaf. It is conceptual art using mimetic material. Now 78-years-old, he’s suffered a stroke, and is almost completely deaf. Duessa, you make a good case. Alas! David Hockney is among the finest artists of our time. All artists suffer, but Beethoven suffered consciously for greatness. The artist has created an empathy portrait of the composer on his iPad on behalf of Apple Music.