Edward Hopper
(1882-1967)
Bio and Portrait
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Room in New York |
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Chop Suey 1929 Oil on canvas 32 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. |
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Hotel Room 1931 Oil on canvas 60 x 65 inches |
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Nighthawks 1942 Oil on canvas 30 x 60 in. |
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Gas 1940 Oil on canvas 26 1/4 x 40 1/4 inches |
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Hopper, Edward (1882-1967). American painter, active
mainly in New York. He trained under Robert Henri, 1900-06, and between 1906 and 1910 made
three trips to Europe, though these had little influence on his style. Hopper exhibited at
the Armoury Show in 1913, but from then until 1923 he abandoned painting, earning his
living by commercial illustration. Thereafter, however, he gained widespread recognition
as a central exponent of American Scene painting, expressing the loneliness, vacuity, and
stagnation of town life. Yet Hopper remained always an individualist: `I don't think I
ever tried to paint the American scene; I'm trying to paint myself.' Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/ |
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