Edward Hopper. Born: July 22, 1882, Nyack, New York, United
States (A). Died: May 15, 1967, New York City, New York, United
States. Married: Josephine Nivison Hopper (m. 1924 1967)
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Edward Hopper. Moved to New York in 1900 to study at the New
York School of Art for 6 years. Traveled to Paris in 1906, 1907 and
1909. Spent his summers in Gloucester, Santa Fe, Cape Cod, South
Truro, Maine, or Mexico. View across Interior Courtyard at 48 rue
de Lille, Paris1906 oil on wood33 x 23.5 cmCollection of Whitney
Museum of American Art, Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1307.
Photograph 1999: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hopper/p03.html Jo
Sketching at Good Harbor Beach 192528 watercolor35.2 x 50.8
cmCollection of Whitney Museum of American Art, Josephine Hopper
Bequest 70.1129. Photograph 1999: Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York
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Influences: New York School of Art (1900 1906). William Merritt
Chase. (Leading American Impressionist).
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Influences: New York School of Art (1900 1906). Robert Henri.
Encouraged his students to paint the everyday conditions of their
own world in a realistic manner. Robert Henri's Life Drawing Class
at the New York School of Art 190304 Collection of Rev. Arthayer R.
Sanborn
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hopper/p02.html
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Influences: After his travels to Europe he developed an
enduring attachment to the work of Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet,
whose compositional devices and depictions of modern urban life
would influence him for years to come. Manet A Bar at the
Folies-Bergre (1882) Oil on canvas, 96x130cm Degas L'Absinthe
(1876) Oil on canvas, 92x68 cm
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Techniques: Oil Paint. Printmaking (1915): Etching and
Drypoint. Watercolours.
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Style: Realism. clearly outlined forms of strongly defined
lighting a cropped composition with an almost cinematic view point,
and a mood of eerie stillness. His chosen locations are often
vacant of human activity.
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Early Sunday Morning (1930) Dfgsdhsrh Early Sunday Morning,
1930. Oil on canvas, 35 60 in. (88.9 152.4 cm). Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney 31.426
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New York Movie (1939) Kgfkh New York Movie, 1939. Oil on canvas
3214x401/8in. (81.9101.9cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York;
given anonymously
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Office at Night (1940) rgseg Office at Night, 1940. Oil on
canvas, 22 3/16 25 1/8 in. (56.4 63.8 cm). Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis; Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, Gilbert M. Walker
Fund
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Nighthawk (1942) rgseg Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas, 33 1/8
60 in. (84.1 152.4 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago; Friends of
American Art Collection
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Sun in an empty room (1963) Hdugjc Sun in an Empty Room, 1963.
Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 39 1/2 in. (73 100.3 cm). Private
collection