GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1982 publication Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern.
A practicioner of what might be termed romantic realism, Edward Hopper developed early in life a figurative style that raises his observations of modern Americana through suggestion, mood, and quiet symbolism to a higher psychological plane. Superficially illustrative in approach, his work actually goes well beyond narration. Hopper was born in Nyack, New York, and after high school studied with the Correspondence School of Illustrating in New York and then with Henri, Chase, and Miller at the New York School of Art (1900-1906). He worked for a while as an illustrator, and in 1906 and again in 1909 and 1910 went to Paris, where exposure to avant-garde movements had little effect on his painterly realism. Hopper exhibited in the Armory Show of 1913, but between 1915 and 1925 worked as an illustrator and etcher to support himself. After his first one-man show at the Whitney Studio Club in 1920 and an exhibition of watercolors at the Rehn Gallery in 1924 his career began to prosper. Now entering artistic maturity, his individualistic views of architecture, workers, and street scenes conveyed a strong note of solitude and nostalgia. In 1925 a trip to New Mexico introduced western landscape into his themes. A second one-man show at Rehn's in 1927 was followed by a retrospective at the Musuem of Modern Art in 1933. Hopper built a studio at South Truro on Cape Cod in 1934 and generally summered there for the rest of his life, concentrating thereafter on New England subjects. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1945 and the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1955. During a long career his art showed little reaction to changing fashions, remaining steadfastly devoted to its original humanist values.
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Steven A. Nash, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, September 26- November 14, 1982, (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts), 140.
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- YouTube~Watch Edward Hopper discuss his creative process in this video from the Walker Art Center.
- Khan Academy~Learn more about Edward Hopper's Nighthawks in this Khan Academy video.
- Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA~Discover "The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper as Illustrator" from the Norman Rockwell Museum.
- National Gallery of Art~Watch this excerpt from an Edward Hopper documentary produced by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and narrated by actor Steve Martin.
- YouTube~Learn about Edward Hopper in 60 seconds with this video from the Royal Academy of Arts.
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General Description
The following essay is from the 1982 publication Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern.
A practicioner of what might be termed romantic realism, Edward Hopper developed early in life a figurative style that raises his observations of modern Americana through suggestion, mood, and quiet symbolism to a higher psychological plane. Superficially illustrative in approach, his work actually goes well beyond narration. Hopper was born in Nyack, New York, and after high school studied with the Correspondence School of Illustrating in New York and then with Henri, Chase, and Miller at the New York School of Art (1900-1906). He worked for a while as an illustrator, and in 1906 and again in 1909 and 1910 went to Paris, where exposure to avant-garde movements had little effect on his painterly realism. Hopper exhibited in the Armory Show of 1913, but between 1915 and 1925 worked as an illustrator and etcher to support himself. After his first one-man show at the Whitney Studio Club in 1920 and an exhibition of watercolors at the Rehn Gallery in 1924 his career began to prosper. Now entering artistic maturity, his individualistic views of architecture, workers, and street scenes conveyed a strong note of solitude and nostalgia. In 1925 a trip to New Mexico introduced western landscape into his themes. A second one-man show at Rehn's in 1927 was followed by a retrospective at the Musuem of Modern Art in 1933. Hopper built a studio at South Truro on Cape Cod in 1934 and generally summered there for the rest of his life, concentrating thereafter on New England subjects. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1945 and the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1955. During a long career his art showed little reaction to changing fashions, remaining steadfastly devoted to its original humanist values.
Excerpt from
Steven A. Nash, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, September 26- November 14, 1982, (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts), 140.
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- YouTube~Watch Edward Hopper discuss his creative process in this video from the Walker Art Center.
- Khan Academy~Learn more about Edward Hopper's Nighthawks in this Khan Academy video.
- Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA~Discover "The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper as Illustrator" from the Norman Rockwell Museum.
- National Gallery of Art~Watch this excerpt from an Edward Hopper documentary produced by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and narrated by actor Steve Martin.
- YouTube~Learn about Edward Hopper in 60 seconds with this video from the Royal Academy of Arts.
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