Edward Hopper
1882 (Nyack (USA)) / 1967 (New York)
Hopper is the painter of urbanized nature, of small holiday towns, of places with typical architecture that mix Victorian or neo-Gothic facades, petrol stations, prefabs, bungalows, seascapes, gardens, all these ensembles whose singular framing is his trademark. Underground, work, sleep: offices, bars, train compartments, hotel rooms reveal, based on daily reality, an anxiety and anguish where the solitude of beings is revealed, their difficulty in sharing a moment of life, in communicating, just like the artist with Joe, his wife, his muse, model and martyr.
Hopper is the painter of urbanized nature, of small holiday towns, of places with typical architecture that mix Victorian or neo-Gothic facades, petrol stations, prefabs, bungalows, seascapes, gardens, all these ensembles whose singular framing is his trademark. Underground, work, sleep: offices, bars, train compartments, hotel rooms reveal, based on daily reality, an anxiety and anguish where the solitude of beings is revealed, their difficulty in sharing a moment of life, in communicating, just like the artist with Joe, his wife, his muse, model and martyr.
