Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist Hopper is generally considered the major twentieth-century realist. Yet few people have penetrated the mask of Hopper's public image. Such paintings as House by…
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Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
Hopper is generally considered the major twentieth-century realist. Yet few people have penetrated the mask of Hopper's public image. Such paintings as House by the Railroad, Early Sunday Morning, and Nighthawks seem to embody the very character of our time.
She has uncovered aspects of Hopper's life (and even unknown works) that provide the first comprehensive view of the artists early development. Here, Gail Levin has gone beyond the standard evaluations of the man and his work to investigate the authentic identity of the artist and the way his personality informed his art. The fascinating and often poignant story of Hopper's long struggle for recognition gives new insight into his later pessimism.
A complex man is revealed, introspective and intellectual, yet romantic, illuminating the many levels of meaning in the paintings of his maturity. In addition to Hopper's watercolors and oil paintings, there are study drawings for his major works and documentary photographs illuminating all phases of his life.