Slow Art Sunday - Hopper

Slow Art Sunday is pleased to present renowned American realist painter, Edward Hopper (1882-1967), and his work “Second Story Sunlight”.  Hopper was born and raised in New York state and travelled often to rural east coast and seaside locations for inspiration. 

His wife Virginia was also an artist and often modelled for the figures in Edward’s paintings. She apparently she sat for both of the women in this one.  In the 1930’s they bought a summer home in Cape Cod and spent the next three decades enjoying the area which strongly influenced Edward’s art.

Hopper is well known for his use of light and stated that painting sunlight on the side of a house was his favourite thing.  Architecture and a sense of isolation also feature as strong themes in his art.  He is possibly most famous for “Nighthawks” (second picture), the iconic scene of a downtown New York City diner in the 1940’s.

Upon Edward’s death, Virginia bequeathed their joint collection of more than 3,000 works to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City which still hold the majority of Hopper’s work today.

I hope you can take some time on this sunny summer day to relax for a few moments with this restful scene.

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