Edward Hopper

(1882-1967)

Was a realist painter of urban America. Edward Hopper exhibited at the Armory Show (1913) and sold an oil painting, but was unable to sell another for ten years so he supported himself as a commercial artist and illustrator, which had some effect on his oil paintings. His scenes of desolate streets and cheap eating-houses express the loneliness of big cities, especially New York, where he lived most of his life. Edward Hopper visited Europe three times but was quite untouched by contemporary European art.

Edward Hopper’s famous oil paintings include:

• Yonkers
• New York Corner
• Railroad Sunset
• Le Bistro
• Nighthawks
• Sunlight on Brownstones
• Cape Cod Evening
• The Martha McKeen of Wellfleet
• Morning Sun