EDWARD HOPPER

Edward Hopper was born July 22 1882 in New York

IN HIS EARLY YEARS HE WAS AN ILLUSTRATOR

HE ATTENDED CLASSES AT THE NEW YORK SCHOOL OF ART

• After which he began to travel around Paris
• He worked mainly with oil paintings
• He also used the medium of etching
• Etching brought him his early success in his career

YEARS OF STRUGGLE

• In his early years he had to knock at the doors of agencies
• His career didn't flourish until his late thirties

AT THE AGE OF 37 HE HAD HIS FIRST ONE PERSON EXHIBITION, NONE OF HIS PAINTINGS WERE SOLD BUT IT GAVE HIM A PUSH TOWARDS SUCCESS

SUMMER TWILIGHT 1920. NIGHT SHADOWS 1921

HOPPER WAS AWARDED TWO PRIZES FOR HIS ETCHINGS, THE LOGAN PRIZE AND THE W.A BRYAN PRIZE

HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS REALISM SHOWN THROUGHOUT HIS PAINTINGS

OIL PAINTINGS, NIGHTHAWKS AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

MARRIED JOSEPHINE IN 1923 SHE IMPACTED HIS LIFE GREATLY

SHE WAS A MODEL FOR MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS

WATERCOLOR

House by the Railroad, one of his first paintings displayed in the Museum of Modern Art.

HOPPER, LATER IN HIS CAREER FOUND SUCCESS IN COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING

East Wind Over Weehawken

Many of his work can be found at the Whitney Museum in N.Y.C.

WORKS CITIED

• www.edwardhopper.net/
• www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hopp/hd_hopp.htm

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