Rolf G Renner - Hopper
Rolf G Renner - Hopper Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. At the…
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Rolf G Renner - Hopper
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting.
In canvas after canvas, he depicts diners, cafes, shopfronts, street lights, gas stations, rail stations, and hotel rooms. Today, half a century after his death, Hopper is considered a giant of modern expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly distinct sense for mood and place.Much of Hopper's work excavates modern city experience. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and stark, theatrical lighting, as well as by harshly contoured figures, who appear at once part of, and alien to, their surroundings.
The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of an eerie disquiet, alienation, loneliness and