Edward Hopper Analysis

I like this painting because of the feeling and memories it reminds me of. The water and rocks remind me of all my childhood memories of swimming in the water and hiking mountains. The bright and light colors create a cheerful and

Although both of these works of art represent a cafe setting, the color schemes and use of brushwork is the number one clue that separates them from each other. In Manet’s painting, he uses much brighter colors to show that the time of day is likely in the mid-afternoon. Hopper on the other hand uses a much darker palette to make the observer understand his is set during the night, hence the title of the work. “The Nighthawks”, has a much more realistic approach because of the clarity of the figures and the crispness of his line work. The characters in his work are easily distinguishable and are proportional. In Edouard’s painting, he uses very obscure brush strokes to create the figures shown. The foremost characters are visible but when you look into the background, they become almost blurry. He does this to draw your attention to the front most people.

Norman Rockwell once said, “The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So you see, they’re always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.” Norman Rockwell expressed these thirty-six words. Norman went all over the world painting and illustrating many of the images he saw. He said when he was about 60 “Traveling and going all over, kept me young” (AZ Quotes). He never looked back and always went forward. Since he could pick up and grasp a brush, Norman Rockwell, an American illustrator, made paintings come alive

When he first went to college, he wanted to pursue a forestry major at Colorado State University, but he soon discovered that he had an interest in art. His art education took him

Langston Hughes was born on February 1st 1902 in Joplin Missouri. His parents divorced while Langston was still young and his father moved to Mexico shortly after. His mother remarried he was taken in by his Grandmother. He was raised up until the age 13 by her. Months after his 13th birthday, Langston moved in with his mother and her husband in Lincoln, Illinois. The family then decided to settle in Cleveland, Ohio. He finished his schooling and graduated from Cleveland High School.

Langston Hughes graduated secondary school in Cleveland, Ohio in 1920. He attended Colombia University in 1921 and Lincoln University in 1924. He began writing poetry in Lincoln, Illinois. It was said that he started writing because he was a “lonely child”. He was famous for his work

The first thing I look for in a good painting is colors or vibrant. Next, I looked deeper than the color and I saw emotion. This paint made me feel like I was there, it gave me the visual I needed. This painting speaks to me. I really enjoy this painting because it is a message to us, not only African Americans but Caucasians also. When you look at this paint from a non-African point of view. One may see a bunch of angry black men beating up white men. However, if you look deeper into it and you notice the little things, such as the chains in the back, that fact that all the blacks in this painting do not have any type of clothing on, only a human diaper. You can see the passion in these Africans eyes, and the fear in the Whites face. This painting is a wake-up call for to something we all should know. That our textbooks do not mention. This painting is personal to me because any kind of information I can gain on slavery and how the process went down, also how they press came to an end. I am all for it. Slavery is such a touchy subject for me… not because my great grandparents were slaves or anything in that nature. However, because I feel like not enough people in the world are educated on it. I believe that a lot of our textbooks and things we are “taught” by the teacher are “sugar coated” because we do not get the full brutality of what was going on, or for what

According to one of Jo Hopper’s journals of her husband’s works, the Nighthawks painting, which was originally going to be titled “Night Hawks” was completed on January 21, 1942. This painting is most notably one of Hopper’s most famous works.. Hopper is most known as a painter who had a way of portraying emotional themes of loneliness, regret, solitude, mystery, and boredom. By analyzing Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, I will also argue that the emotional theme and setting of the painting is influenced by the events of World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The sense of emotion evoked by Hopper’s painting is a feeling of loneliness and isolation.

Grace Hopper was born on December 9, 1906, New York City, NY, to Mary Campbell Van Horne Murray (mother) and Walter Fletcher Murray (father). Hopper had two siblings and the whole family lived in New York City, NY. Hopper’s father was a stock broker and her mother had a love for math, but was not allowed to study. Even though Hopper’s mom did not get to learn more, Hopper probably got her interest in math from her mother. Hopper attended Graham School and Schoonmakers School in New York. This school was a private school for girls where most things taught were about how to be a proper lady. She did however play basketball, field hockey, and water polo.

This painting got a lot of positive feedback, for it covered multiple religions and had so much history behind it. This mural shows more than just Rivera’s art skills, but his knowledge too. It is a very diverse with many depths. We can not wait to see what Rivera has in store for the art world. This being his latest piece has left people on edge to see what else he can create.

In order to fully understand the meaning of Edward Hoppers paintings we must under-stand a little about him and his past. Edward (as we will call him from now on) was born to an art loving middle class family in New York in 1882. Edward’s family fostered his love of art and his desire to pursue it as a career. He came to love fine art, over the illustrations he had seen as a child, while he studied at the New York school of art for six years. Upon completing his schooling he made several trips to Europe. The majority of these trips found him in France, more specifically Paris, where he discovered and fell in love with Impressionism. He was inspired by and greatly admired several Impressionist including Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, and

Many of Edward Hopper's painting's capture the feeling hopelessness and loneliness. That is certainly a reflection of the culture in America at the time of The Great Depression, and the date-stamp of Hotel Room (1931). The painting brings forth a feeling of sadness when you first lay eyes on the woman. But it is not the woman alone that conjures these feelings. Hopper's dramatic lack of color and light create the mood and emotion within many of his painting; a style which comes through in Hotel Room. Coming off an era of some great impressionist, like Renoir or Monet, Hopper's works are a direct contrast in style, technique, color and emotion. One can analyze that through his use of colors, light and his depiction of the motionless woman, that this painting does not represent a happy moment in that time. The woman is simply another object in the room he used to play off his color palette, to convey a message to the viewer. By understanding what we are looking at, we can decipher how colors, when used in the manor which they were meant to be perceived, can evoke feelings sadness and depression.

My report is on Edward Hopper. He was born in Upper Nyack, NY on July 22nd 1882. He then died on May 15th 1967 age 84 in Manhattan, NY. Hoppers health was really good all his life he had no problems with his heart, lungs or anything else. In Edwards’s life he only traveled once and that was to move from Upper Nyack to Manhattan NY. Hopper was very good student. He showed his talent in drawing at the age of five. He absorbed his father’s tendencies and the love of French and Russian cultures. He was encouraged by his mother Elizabeth Griffins Smith Hopper, his father Garret Henry Hopper and his sister Marion Hopper. On July 9th, 1924 he married Josephine Hopper and was married to her until 1967.

This painting has made a major effect on my life and has made my artwork go to a more relaxed level. Instead of just painting a landscape Dali painted a toreador of symbols and some was what he saw on an acid trip. That was not why I picked this painting .

Most artists don’t immediately get recognized and in Hopper’s case, the first painting he ever sold was in 1911. The painting was call Sailing and it sold for $250 or $4300 in today’s money. It was also exhibited at the famous Armory Show. The Armory show introduced American Art World to a new kind of experimental art of Europe. Getting an invitation to this exhibit was a great honor. So this was a pretty big deal for him. Sadly, after Sailing he didn’t sell another painting for years. He did, however, continue to work as an illustrator even though he didn’t like it.