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Edward Hopper

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Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper 1882-1967 was an American painter and engraver born in Nyack, N.Y. He studied in New York City with Robert Henri. Hopper lived in France for a year but was little influenced by the artistic currents there. His early art, prints and posters had slight success. He gained a reputation, however, through his etchings, which remain popular.

In 1920 the first one-man show of his art, prints and posters was held. In 1933 a retrospective exhibition of his works took place at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. He excelled in creating realistic pictures of clear-cut, sunlit streets and houses, often without figures.

In his art, prints and posters there is a frequent atmosphere of loneliness, an almost menacing starkness, and a clear sense of time of day or night. His work in oil and watercolor is slowly and carefully painted, with light and shade used for pattern rather than for modeling. Hopper is represented in many leading American museums.

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