Edwardhopper.net Website Review

painter of twentieth-century America. But his vision of reality was a selective one, reflecting his own temperament in the empty cityscapes, landscapes, and isolated figures he chose to paint. His work demonstrates that realism is not merely a literal or photographic Edward Hopper was born in 1882, in NY, into a middle clas* family. From 1900 to 1906 he studied at the NY School of Art, and while in school, shifted from illustration to works of fine art. Upon completing his schooling, he worked as an illustrator for a short period of time; once this career path ended, he made three international trips, which had a great influence on the future of his work, and the type of art he would engage in during the course of his career. He made three trips to Europe between 1906 and 1910. In retrospect, Europe meant France, and more specifically, Paris, for Edward Hopper. This city , its architecture, light, and art tradition, When he arrived in 1906, Paris was the artistic center of the Western world; no other city was as important for the development of modern maintained that when he was in Paris he never heard of Picas*o, who was to become so important for the development of modern literature. paintings and the thematic treatment of architecture and nature particularly attracted him and were to influence all of his work. His interiors of his New York student days, when he was influenced mainly by the great European artists - Francisco Goya His palette lit up and he began to paint with light and quick st*okes. Even in 1962, he could say, I think I'm still an Impressionist. In 1910 Hopper returned to the United States, never to leave North America again. During the 1910s, Edward Hopper struggled quite a bit to gain any recognition for the works he had created. During this period a number of his works were distributed through various shows and exhibits in New York, but very little, if any attention, was given to his pieces. Oil painting was a focal point of the work he had done,