Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper

He is the primary Artsist who promoted an American Realism at the first time. Before Hopper a lot of American Artsist drew pictures just followed the European Art. However, after Edward Hopper, it was totally changed.

Actually, before I came here, I didn’t know well about him. I just heard that my painting’s character has some of common feelings with Edward Hopper. And I visited MoMa and watched his works. There were some similarities. So, I decided this topic of final my blog post. 

His painting has emptiness, isolations of world war times. That period influenced to his work so When we watched the Edward Hopper’s painting, we can feel lonely. There are peaceful american local scenery, NewYork City’s restaurants, cosy house and fancy bar but we get some solitary feeling ironically. This is because, his editing in his pictures. He usually used light, shadow and wide or empty space effectively. 

The most famous work The City  is described the lanscape of midnight’s bar. In the bar there are three customers and one worker. The out side is pretty dark but in the bar is really bright because of the artificial lights. We can not catch their face exactly but they looks serious and quiet. Even there are some people and the bright light this picture is silent like blue city life.

Sometimes he draw the architectures. Actually he likes painting buildings. However in his building there are nobody in there. There is just a cosy house or building. Even though they looks fancy and beautiful abnormally they looks empty for these reasons they looks lonely.

By watching his work we can feel isolated and loneliness. And these emotions can substitute for nowadays New York’s emotions. For these reason, his works are definitely master work until now.