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Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in depicting modern American life and landscapes.
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culture · American painter and printmaker (1882–1967) · painter · draftsperson · graphic artist · illustrator · also Edward Hopper, Hopper
Born 22 July 1882 · Died 15 May 1967 · Q203401
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2026· 4 entries
“I was more interested in the sunlight on the buildings and on the figures than any symbolism.”
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“The whole answer is there on the canvas.”
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The Guardian: ‘The Edward Hopper of the Black Country’: the photographer whose epic shots captured Sikh life in Walsall
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2020· 1 entry
The Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland staged an exhibition emphasizing Hopper's representations of American landscapes and cityscapes, curated in collaboration with the Whitney Museum
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2019· 1 entry
In which Edward and Jo Hopper were central characters
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2018· 1 entry
After the death of art collector Barney A
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2013· 1 entry
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia put Hopper's East Wind Over Weehawken (1934) up for sale, hoping to garner $22–$28 million to establish a fund to acquire contemporary art
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2012· 1 entry
A major exhibition opened at the Grand Palais in Paris
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2010· 2 entries
By Lawrence Venuti), and James Hoggard wrote Triangles of Light: The Edward Hopper Poems (Wings Press, 2009)
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The Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne, Switzerland, held an exhibition covering Hopper's entire career, with works drawn largely from the Whitney Museum in New York City
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2007· 2 entries
An exhibition focused on the period of Hopper's greatest achievements—from about 1925 to mid-century—was presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Featuring two songs inspired by and named after Hopper paintings, "Sun in an Empty Room", and "Night Windows", and have also referenced him in songs such as "Hospital Vespers"
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2004· 2 entries
British guitarist John Squire (formerly of The Stone Roses) released a concept album based on Hopper's work entitled Marshall's House
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A large selection of Hopper's paintings toured Europe, visiting the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, and the Tate Modern in London
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1999· 1 entry
The Forbes Collection sold it to actor Steve Martin privately for around $10 million
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1993· 1 entry
Madonna was inspired sufficiently by Hopper's 1941 painting Girlie Show that she named her world tour after it and incorporated many of the theatrical elements and mood of the painting into the show
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1981· 1 entry
Hopper's Silence, a documentary by Brian O'Doherty produced by the Whitney Museum of American Art, was shown at the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall
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1980· 1 entry
The show Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art and toured to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Tate
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1967· 1 entry
Died 1967-05-15.
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1966· 1 entry
Hopper was awarded The Edward MacDowell Medal by The MacDowell Colony for outstanding contributions to American culture
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1952· 1 entry
Fifteen years before the death of the painter
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1933· 1 entry
The Museum of Modern Art gave Hopper his first large-scale retrospective
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1932· 1 entry
“The idea [for his painting 'Room in New York', he painted in 1932] had been in my mind a long time before I painted it. It was suggested by glimpses of lighted interiors seen as I walked along city streets at night, probably near the district where I live [Washington Square, New York] although it’s no particular street or house, but is really a synthesis of many impressions.”
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1931· 1 entry
When major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, paid thousands of dollars for his works
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1930· 1 entry
The Hoppers rented a cottage in South Truro, on Cape Cod
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1929· 1 entry
Produced Chop Suey and Railroad Sunset
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1924· 2 entries
Hopper married fellow artist Josephine Nivison, who played a significant role in managing his career and modeling for many of his works
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Sold Hotel Window (1956) to collector Olga Knoepke for $7,000 (equivalent to $80,243 in 2025) in 1957
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1923· 2 entries
Won Logan Medal of the Arts (1923).
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Hopper received two awards for his etchings: the Logan Prize from the Chicago Society of Etchers, and the W
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1917· 1 entry
With the Society of Independent Artists, in January 1920 (a one-man exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club, which was the precursor to the Whitney Museum), and in 1922 (again with the Whitney Studio Club)
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1913· 1 entry
At the Armory Show, Hopper earned $250 when he sold his first painting, Sailing (1911), to an American businessman Thomas F
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1912· 1 entry
Hopper traveled to Gloucester, Massachusetts, to seek some inspiration and made his first outdoor paintings in America
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1906· 1 entry
Studied at Parsons School of Design (1900–1906).
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1905· 1 entry
Hopper landed a part-time job with an advertising agency, where he created cover designs for trade magazines
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1895· 1 entry
Created his first signed oil painting, Rowboat in Rocky Cove, which he copied from a reproduction in The Art Interchange, a popular journal for amateur artists
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1882· 2 entries
Born 1882-07-22.
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In Nyack, New York, a yacht-building center on the Hudson River north of New York City
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