Grimm's Fairy Tales
1969
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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David Hockney
David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer.
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Grimm's Fairy Tales is a 1969 by David Hockney, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows two quick, rough scenes of mountains. The top one has jagged peaks with a dark, smudgy shape that looks like a tiny house or monument. The bottom one shows a steep mountain with a dark blob at its base, maybe a lake or shadow. The artist scribbled notes like *"glass monument"* and *"Old Pinot Gris"*—probably just ideas, not clues. The lines are loose and fast, like a doodle or a first try. If you like this sketchy style, check out cross-hatching next.
These pen drawings on paper were created by David Hockney in 1969 as preparatory studies for his etchings illustrating *Grimm’s Fairy Tales*. The works consist of small, exploratory sketches and scribbles used to experiment with poses and ideas, primarily in ink with occasional pencil, though they do not closely match the final etchings. Hockney worked freely during the etching process, with minimal preliminary work, though he also referenced photographs taken in Germany and other sources, including a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawings are cataloged alongside the prints themselves in…
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David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer.
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