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- A quintessential American realist, Hopper painted a repertoire of subjects ranging from the lighthouses and Victorian manses of the New England coast to the movie houses, offices, cafeterias, and highways of New York City.
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Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in capturing American life and landscapes through his art.
May 23, 2013 · In celebration of Hopper Drawing, a life-size window installation of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks (1942) is on view inside the landmark Flatiron prow, one of the original architectural inspirations for this iconic painting.
Nov 29, 2018 · Hopper was an inspiration to film directors and countless photographers, but he himself did not use photography for his paintings. Instead, he used written notes and sketches, almost exclusively. For a complicated painting, he might have 30 to 40 preparatory sketches. In his sketches, Hopper teased his vision from pieces of a scene.
Apr 2, 2014 · Artist Edward Hopper was the painter behind the iconic late-night diner scene 'Nighthawks' among other celebrated works.
Beginning in 1930, Hopper and Jo (who wed in 1924) spent summers on Cape Cod, where the couple eventually built a house and studio in the town of Truro. There, Hopper's style became more geometric, perhaps inspired by the architecture of the region's saltbox constructions.
Edward Hopper was born July 22, 1882, in Nyack, New York, 25 miles north of New York City, into a family of English, Dutch, French and Welsh ancestry.
Hopper sought and explored his chosen themes: the tensions between individuals (particularly men and women), the conflict between tradition and progress in both rural and urban settings, and the moods evoked by various times of day.
