Cape Cod Evening Edward Hopper

In cape cod morning a woman looks out tempted to the window by the morning sun narrowing her eyes against the bright light. Edward hopper defined 20th century realism with his austere eerie scenes that conveyed the alienation and isolation of modern life.

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The importance of this picture and hoppers other cape cod scenes can be gauged by the fact that they served as influences for many paintings by andrew wyeth particularly his series of works on the kuerners and the olsons.

Cape cod evening edward hopper. A realist who was internationally acclaimed during his lifetime hopper painted characteristic american subjects from movie theaters and restaurants to new england lighthouses. Cape cod evening edward hopper 1939. My aim in painting he explained in his 1933 notes on painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impressions of nature.

The still pose of the figure and dramatic light and shadow in cape cod morning evoke tense anticipation in an isolated place. The illusion of light pervades his paintings which depict late 19th century architecture coastal views and scenes of the city. But it has been depicted by a man who knew what afternoon and evening would bring who knew that expectations this great were bound to be disappointed.

It is no transcription of a place but pieced together from sketches and mental impressions of things in the vicinity. Cape cod evening is one of the best known among hoppers numerous cape cod subjects. The artists wife describes it in the record book of hoppers works.

Edward hopper painted cape cod evening in 1939 in truro a small fishing village on cape cod in massachusetts. Edward hoppers glorious painting cape cod evening 1939 is without question my favourite piece by him. It is no transcription of a place but pieced together from sketches and mental impressions of things in the vicinity.

I feel it is an image that comes particularly close to achieving hoppers artistic ambition. Cape cod evening was created the same year as the new york worlds fair which was entitled the world of tomorrow. And the advancing darkness of evening imparts a melancholy mood.

It is a moment of boundless expectation. Nighthawks 1942 a painting of three customers sitting at the counter of a diner late at night is among his most famous works. The fair featured a robot called elektro which could talk and smoke and an exhibit organized by gm entitled futurama.

Edward hopper painted cape cod evening in 1939 in truro a small fishing village on cape cod in massachusetts. 2 the genesis of the painting is exceptionally well documented. Google arts culture features content from over 1200 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the google cultural institute to bring the worlds treasures online.

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