Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper is widely acknowledged as the most important realist painter of twentieth-century America. But his vision of reality was a selective one, reflecting his own temperament in the empty cityscapes, landscapes, and isolated figures he chose to paint.
Nighthawks, 1942 by Edward Hopper
Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is Hopper's most famous work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art.
Automat, 1927 by Edward Hopper
Automat, 1927 by Edward Hopper. Automat was first displayed on Valentine's Day 1927 at the opening of Hopper's second solo show, at the Rehn Galleries in New York. By April it had been sold for $1,200.
Edward Hopper Paintings
Roofs of Washington Square.
Gas, 1940 by Edward Hopper
Gas, 1940 by Edward Hopper. The highway apparently ends here, disappearing into the woods - not a promising location for a gas station. The last car seems to have passed long ago; the attendant is shutting down the pump, and soon will turn off the lights and lock up for the night. Hopper's painting represents a borderline situation.
Edward Hopper Boigraphy
In Hopper's most iconic painting, Nighthawks, four customers and a waiter inhabit the brightly lit interior of a city diner at night. They appear lost in their own weariness and private concerns, their disconnection perhaps echoing the wartime anxiety felt by the nation as a whole.
Morning Sun, 1952 by Edward Hopper
Morning Sun, 1952 by Edward Hopper. Edward Hopper was one of the early American artists to paint the experience of human isolation in the modern city. In Morning Sun, the woman - modeled after Hopper's wife, Jo - faces the sun impassively and seemingly lost in thought.
The Long Leg, 1935 by Edward Hopper
Hopper's The Long Leg, 1935 is a nearly all-blue sailing picture with the simplest of elements, while his Ground Swell, 1939 is more complex and depicts a group of youngsters out for a sail, a theme reminiscent of iconic Breezing Up, 1876 of Winslow Homer.
Cape Cod Morning,1950 by Edward Hopper
Cape Cod Morning,1950 by Edward Hopper. When Hopper paints a house, a balcony, or an interior, he leaves no doubt as to the time of day.
Seven A.M. 1948 by Edward Hopper
Seven A.M. 1948 by Edward Hopper. It is seven in the morning, and the store has yet to open. But perhaps it never will, having been abandoned long ago. There are no goods in the window, only a few plain, insignificant things: three soda water bottles and two prints or photographs mounted on card, perhaps as decoration.