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I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.

David Hockney

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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Scenographer
Sculptor
Bradford
Yorkshire
Century
Greatest
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Without
Think
Thinking
Picasso

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