Edward Hopper, 1882-1967 : transformation of the real

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Title:

Edward Hopper, 1882-1967 : transformation of the real

Alternate title:

Hopper

Author:

Renner, Rolf Günter, author.

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967, artist.

Series:

Basic art series 2.0.

Summary:

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is considered the first important American painter in twentieth-century art. After decades of patient work, Hopper enjoyed a success and popularity that since the 1950s has continually grown. In canvas after canvas he painted the loneliness of big-city people. Many of Hopper’s pictures represent views of streets and roads, rooftops, and abandoned houses, depicted in a brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy mood of the scenes. Hopper’s paintings are marked by striking juxtapositions of color, and by the clear contours with which the figures are demarcated from their surroundings. His extremely precise focus on the theme of modern men and women in the natural and man-made environment sometimes lends his pictures a mood of eerie disquiet. On the other hand, Hopper’s renderings of rocky landscapes in warm brown hues, or his depictions of the seacoast, exude an unusual tranquillity that reveals another, more optimistic side of his character. -- Amazon.com.

General Note:

Original edition: 1991 Benedikt Taschen ; printed in Slovakia.

Edition:

English edition.

Contents:

European beginnings -- Pictures of the new world -- The frontier of civilization -- Man and nature -- Self and other -- Transformations of the real: Hopper as modernist -- Edward Hopper 1882 -- 1967 life and work.

Physical Description:

95 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 27 cm.

Personal Subject:

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967-Criticism and interpretation.

Author(s):

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967,

Publisher:

Taschen,

Publication Date:

2021

2017

ISBN:

9783836500333

Publication Information:

Koln [Germany] : Taschen, [2021]

Call Number:

759.13 RENNER

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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, Hopper is considered a giant of modern expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly distinct sense for mood and place .

Much of Hopper's work excavates modern city experience . In canvas after canvas, he depicts diners, cafes, shopfronts, street lights, gas stations, rail stations, and hotel rooms. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and stark, theatrical lighting , as well as by harshly contoured figures, who appear at once part of, and alien to, their surroundings. The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of an eerie disquiet , alienation, loneliness and psychological tension , although his rural or coastal scenes can offer a counterpoint of tranquility or optimism.

This book presents major works from Hopper's oeuvre to introduce a key player not only in American art history but also in the American psyche.