Tag: Realism

Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, 1939 This painting has an interesting balance, with two distinct regions that contrast with one another in theme, tone and light. The woman appears isolated from the rest of the audience — waiting for someone, perhaps — or is she merely the usher waiting for the film’s end? Read more →

Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, 1929 I like the conversational quality of this painting; one can readily imagine the atmosphere within the second story of this Asian café, with its grimy windows and sunlit tables. The half-cropped woman at the left, and the vacant expression of the facing woman, lend an unresolved feeling to the… Read more →

Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, 1942 Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was an American painter who lived in New York. Nighthawks has often been described as conveying loneliness and desolation through its emptiness and isolated, anonymous actors. Hopper denied any conscious intention: ‘I didn’t see it as particularly lonely … Unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness… Read more →