Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopperwas a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth22 July 1882
CountryUnited States of America
real influence
The only real influence I've ever had was myself.
needs restoring ifs
If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.
beautiful important know-how
To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling.
goes-on painting mood
When I don't feel in the mood for painting I go to the movies for a week or more. I go on a regular movie binge!
girl queens two
Everyone goes to the 'Grands-Boulevards' (in Paris, ed.) and let himself loose... ...Do not picture these in costume, they are not for the most part... ...perhaps a clown with a big nose, or two girls with bare necks and short skirts... ...the parade of the queens of the halls (markets) is also one of the events... ...Some are pretty but look awkward in their silk dresses and crowns, particularly as the broad sun displays their defects - perhaps a neck too thin or a painted face which shows ghastley white in the sunlight.
character trying inheritance
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.
believe records emotion
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.
artist cities bigs
Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.
american-artist direction hope human meaning painting richer sterile wider wish
This direction is sterile and without hope to those who wish to give painting a richer and more human meaning and a wider scope.
More of me comes out when I improvise.
art creative would-be
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
art aquariums imagination
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
art expression vision
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
art fun hard-work
So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.