To express our inner life . . .

Today is the birthday of Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967), realist painter and printmaker.

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper
Oil on canvas (1942)
84.1 cm × 152.4 cm
(33.1 in × 60 in)
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois (USA)

"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." - Edward Hopper

"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." - Edward Hopper


See the entire screening Edward Hopper at the National Gallery of Art.

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