Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker.
Hopper's prizewinning poster, Smash the Hun (1919)
He is widely known for his oil paintings and was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching.
Night in the Park, Etching (1921)
He is widely known for his oil paintings and was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching.
Nighthawks (1942)
His paintings were a version of reality reflecting his temperament in the empty cityscapes, landscapes, and isolated figures he chose to paint.
Rooms by the Sea (1951)
His work demonstrates that realism is not merely literal or photographic copying of what we see, but an interpretive rendering.
New York Movie (1939)
His work demonstrates that realism is not merely literal or photographic copying of what we see, but an interpretive rendering.
Automat (1927)
He went to Paris in 1906 when it was the artistic center of the Western world and got inspired by Impressionists there.
Pennsylvania coal town (1947)
Always reluctant to discuss himself and his art, Hopper simply said, "The whole answer is there on the canvas"
House by the Railroad