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New York Movie is an oil on canvas painting by American painter Edward Hopper. The painting was begun in December 1938 and finished in January of 1939. [1] Measuring 32 1/4 x 40 1/8", New York Movie depicts a nearly empty movie theater occupied with a few scattered moviegoers and a pensive usherette lost in her thoughts.
New York Movie, 1939 by Edward Hopper. A movie theater in New York, one of those elaborate mock palaces where Hollywood spirits us for a few hours into another world - in this case apparently the high mountains.
Hopper saw might now be seventy, hunched before a Hitachi in an old home or a home for the old. She might be dreaming now a New York movie, Fred Astaire dancing and kissing Ginger Rogers, who high kicks across New York City skylines, raising possibilities that time has served to lower. We are watching the usherette, and the subtle
Jun 13, 2024 · Edward Hopper’s New York Movie is a compelling painting that captures both the grandeur and solitude of a 1930s movie theater. Completed in early 1939, this oil on canvas artwork portrays a dimly lit cinema with scattered moviegoers and a solitary usherette deep in thought.
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- 1939
- Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
- Realism and Urban Landscape
Jun 24, 2024 · New York Movie (1939) Edward Hopper, New York Movie, 1939, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA. This is my personal favorite of Hopper’s work. It’s one of his most melancholy paintings and another striking composition of dramatic light and shadow.
Feb 24, 2022 · Edward Hopper's beloved painting of an usher in a movie theater is the subject of the 100th piece in Sebastian Smee's "Great Works, in Focus" series.
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Oct 14, 2023 · Hopper's New York Movie painting marked the end of a period of artistic block and a long period of inactivity as an artist. Started in December 1938, Hopper researched and sketched ideas from real-life visits and observations.
