Edward Hopper

• Some details on her life:

  Edward Hopper was born on 22 July 1882 and died on 15 May 1967.He was American realist painter and print maker.It was most popularly for his oil paintings, he was proficient as a watercolorist. He spanked his urban and rural scenes. He's the best-known American realist of the inter-war period, once said: " The man man's the the work.

• Some details on her paintings:

  Edward Hopper paints American landscapes and cityscapes, expressing the world around him as a chilling, putting and often vacuous place.
  Everybody in a Hopper picture appears terribly alone. Hopper wins a reputation as the artist who gave to its boards the solitude and of boredom of life.

- Interior scenes 

- Street scenes

- Landscapes

• Hooper's influences:

   1.  Influence on painting 

 Hopper's influence on the art world and pop culture is obvious. Though he had no formal students, many artists have cited him as an influence, including Willem de Kooning, Jim Dine, and Mark Rothko. An illustration of Hopper’s influence is Rothko’s early work Composition I  (1931).

    2.   Influence on the cinema

  Hopper's cinematic compositions and dramatic uses the dramatic for light and dark. For example, "House by the Railroad" influenced the iconic house in the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho". The same board influenced on the home in the Terrence Malick film Days of Heaven. His 1997 film The End of Violence incorporates a tableau vivant of Nighthawks, recreated by actors. Noted surrealist horror film director Dario Argento went so far as to recreate the diner and the patrons in Nighthawks as part of a set for his 1976 film Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso). Ridley Scott has cited the same painting as a visual inspiration for Blade Runner. To establish the lighting of scenes in the 2002 film Road to Perdition, director Sam Mendes drew from the paintings of Hopper as a source of inspiration, particularly New York Movie.

"House by the Railroad" inspired for American film “Psycho”

3.   Influence on the books

Twelve chapter in the novel of 2004 of the New Zealander Chris Bell " Liquidambar " is interpreted one of the paints(paintings) of Hopper to create a surrealist police novel.

• Edward Hopper 2009 Wall Calendar:

    

Comments

[B.A]

Good research work but where's the fiction you were supposed to write about a painting of your choice ?

[Peter Ricci]

Dear Gaelle,

Nice post on Edward Hopper! It is fascinating to view the many mediums he influenced.

My name is Peter Ricci, and I am a college student and writer who currently contributes to 'Too Shy to Stop,' an upstart online magazine focused on culture and the arts.

I found you entry, as it would turn out, while doing research for my own article on Hopper. My profile focuses on Hopper's interesting background and why his work has remained so relevant.

If you have the time, check it out! I’d love for you to read it and comment.

http://www.tooshytostop.com/index.php/2009/03/10/edward-hoppers-narrative-of-experience/

Sincerely,

Peter Ricci