Edward Hopper: A Fresh Look on Landscape

by Edward Hopper (Artist)

A fresh look at Hopper’s iconic vision of the American landscape―its gas stations, diners and highways Edward Hopper’s world-famous, instantly recognizable paintings articulate an idiosyncratic view of modern life, unfolding in a world of lonely lighthouses, gas stations, movie theaters, bars and hotel rooms. With his impressive subjects, independent pictorial vocabulary and virtuoso play of colors, Hopper’s work continues to this day to color our memory and imaginary of the United States in the first half of the 20th century.

Hopper began his career as an illustrator and became famous around the globe for his oil paintings. These paintings testify to the artist’s great interest in the effects of color and his mastery in depicting light and shadow, at work whether the artist was painting alienated figures in dreamlike interiors or desolate American landscapes.

Edward A Fresh Look on Landscape is published to accompany a major exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler of Hopper’s iconic images of the vast American landscape. The catalog gathers together paintings, watercolors and drawings made by the artist between the 1910s and the 1960s, and supplements them with essays by Erika Doss, David Lubin and Katharina Rüppell, focused on the subject of depicting the landscape.

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was the master of American Realism. His paintings captured the mood and atmosphere of his era. His style of painting and subject matter became the stylistic foundation for a distinct type of American modernism. A source of inspiration for countless painters, photographers and filmmakers, Hopper’s body of work continues to be influential to this day.

Genres: Art

145 pages, Hardcover

Published April 7, 2020

About the author

Edward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. In both his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.

Reviews

[Christopher Dalla Riva · Rating 5 out of 5]

While this book doesn’t give you everything Hopper did - I mean “Nighthawks” isn’t included in this volume - it is a great introduction to his work. Plus, the images of his paintings are so crisp.

[Tosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ricky · Rating 5 out of 5]

The quality of the paintings displayed inside this book are wonderful and the page quality and colours used, feels and looks expensive. You get what you pay for 'Comes to mind' The book gives a wonderful account of Hopper and his fantastic paintings. I enjoyed reading about his work and the internal experience that feels important to him. It's all about his inner experience, the colours and paint are secondary. I love the backdrops to his paintings and the use of nature as the underpinning experience. Hopper is a talented artist and his shades and colours bring out a vivid scene that is unique to him. He is an inspiration and a amazing artist that paints true to himself and his view of the world as he sees it.