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Edward  Hopper
[1882-1967]
Art  Page

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“If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.”

“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

Edward Hopper entry at Wikipedia
Edward Hopper biography page at National Gallery of Art

Books  About  Hopper's  Art
browse Edward Hopper Dept. at Amazon

	"Hopper Drawings: 44 Works" [1989] "reproduced directly from originals at the Whitney Museum of American Art" Dover Publns 10¾x8½ pb [4/89] for $6.95
	"Edward Hopper: Forty Masterworks" [1992] by Heinz Liesbrock W.W. Norton 7½x5¾ pb [7/91] out of print/used Schirmer/Mosel Verlag 7½x5¾ German-language? pb [6/96] for $13.77 C.E.L.F. 7½x5½ German-language? hardcover [4/92] out of print/used
	"Edward Hopper Paintings" [1993] by Gail Levin Gagosian Gallery 20x12 hardcover [1993] out of print/not on Amazon
	"Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné" 4-volume box set [1995] Edited by Gail Levin W.W. Norton 11¾x10½x5" {16 pounds!} slipcover edition [8/95] out of print/used
	"The Essential Edward Hopper" [1998] by Justin Spring Harry N. Abrams 6x6 hardcover [9/98] for $11.01
	"The Watercolors of Edward Hopper" [2001] Notes by Gail Levin all 357 watercolor paintings W.W.Norton 11¼x10 hardcover [1/2001] - orig $87.50, out of print/used
	"The Paintings of Edward Hopper" [2001] Notes by Gail Levin all 366 oil paintings W.W.Norton 12x12 hardcover [1/2001] - orig $87.50, out of print/used
	"Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and The Dark Side of The American Psyche" [2006] by Gordon Theisen Thomas Dunne Books 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $18.21
	"Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper" [2007] by Walter Wells Phaidon Press 11½x10 hardcover [6/2007] for $44.07

Edward  Hopper  Thumbnail  Gallery

	"Edward Hopper Self Portrait" [1906]
	"Railroad Train" [1908] click for larger view
	"Summer Interior" [1909] click for larger view
	"Road In Maine" [1914]
	"Soir Blue" [1914] click for larger view
	"Black Head, Monhegan" [1919] click for larger view
	"Night Shadows" etching [1921]
	"Night In The Park" etching [1921] click for larger view
	"East Side Interior" etching [1922]
	"The Evening Wind" etching [1922]
	"New York Restaurant" [1922] click for larger view purchase 19"x15" poster from Amazon for $20.00
	"New York Corner Saloon" [1923]
	"Houses of Squam Light" [1923] click for larger view purchase 32"x24" poster from Amazon for $21.99
	"Mansard Roof" [1923] click for larger view purchase 40"x28" print from Amazon for $49.99
	"House By The Railroad" [1925] click for larger view purchase 14"x11" print from Amazon for $9.99
	"Sunday" [1926] click for larger view
	"Automat" [1927] click for larger view Time Magazine cover of 28 August 1995 (large view)
	"Drug Store" [1927] click for larger view purchase 40"x28" print from Amazon for $40.00
	"Two On The Aisle" [1927] click for larger view
	"The City" [1927] click for larger view
	"Capt. Strout's House" [1927]
	"Light At Two Lights" [1927] click for larger view purchase 35"x27" poster from Amazon for $31.96
	"Chop Suey" [1929] click for larger view purchase 32"x24" poster from Amazon for $14.00
	"Railroad Sunset" [1929] click for larger view purchase 37"x27" poster from Amazon for $4.99
	"Lighthouse At Two Lights" [1929] click for larger view purchase 25"x18" print from Amazon for $14.39 purchase 16"x12" print from Amazon for $14.99
	"Early Sunday Morning" [1930] click for larger view purchase 36"x27" poster from Amazon for $23.96 purchase 14"x11" poster from Amazon for $9.16
	"Edward Hopper Self-Portrait" [1930] click for larger view
	"Hotel Room" [1931] click for larger view purchase 27"x27" poster from Amazon for $34.46
	"The Sheridan Theater" [1937] click for larger view
	"Compartment C, Car 293" [1938] click for larger view
	"New York Movie" [1939] click for larger view purchase 32"x30" poster from Amazon for $19.99 purchase 31"x25" poster from Amazon for $18.70
	"Cape Cod Evening" [1939] click for larger view purchase 29"x23" poster from Amazon for $19.99
	"Gas" [1940] click for larger view purchase 32"x24" poster from Amazon for $38.00 purchase 16"x12" poster from Amazon for $12.99
	"Nighthawks" [1942] click for larger view purchase 36"x24" poster from Amazon for $4.95
	"Summertime" ]1943] click for larger view purchase 29"x19" poster from Amazon for $17.95
	"Seven A.M." [1943] click for larger view purchase 28"x22" poster from Amazon for $16.25 purchase 24"x18" poster from Amazon for $10.45
	"Approaching A City" [1946] click for larger view purchase 29"x23" poster from Amazon for $12.79 purchase 24"x18" poster from Amazon for $11.16
	"Summer Evening" [1947] click for larger view purchase 32"x24" poster from Amazon for $31.99
	"High Noon" [1949] click for larger view purchase 32"x24" poster from Amazon for $13.99 purchase 29"x21" print from Amazon for $10.45
	"Cape Cod Morning" [1950] click for larger view purchase 28"x20" poster from Amazon for $11.19
	"Rooms By The Sea" [1951] click for larger view purchase 32"x24" poster from Amazon for $19.99
	"First Row Orchestra" [1951] click for larger view purchase 39"x27" poster from Amazon for $31.96
	"Morning Sun" [1952] click for larger view
	"Sunlight In A Cafeteria" [1958] click for larger view
	"Second Story Sunlight" [1960] click for larger view purchase 31"x23" print from Amazon for $52.91 purchase 18"x14" poster from Amazon for $16.76
	"New York Office" [1962] click for larger view purchase 30"x24" poster from Amazon for $16.76 purchase 29"x24" poster from Amazon for $24.00
	"Chair Car" [1965] click for larger view

Books  About  Edward  Hopper
browse larger Edward Hopper catalog at Amazon
browse Edward Hopper Dept. at Amazon

	"Edward Hopper" [1992] by Karal Ann Marling, edited by Norma Broude Rizzoli 14x10¼ pb [3/92] out of print/used
	"Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography" [1995] by Gail Levin Rizzoli 9½x7 updated & expanded hardcover [4/2007] for $26.40 Univ CA Press 9¼x6¼ pb [5/98] out of print/used Knopf 9¾x6¾ hardcover [10/95] out of print/many used
	"Edward Hopper: A Modern Master" [1996] by Ita G. Berkow New Line Books 13x9½ hardcover [9/2005] for $12.95 Smithmark Publrs 13¾x9¾ hardcover [1/96] out of print
	"Edward Hopper: Portraits of America" [1997] by Wieland Schmied features 60 full-color and 20 b&w illustrations Prestel Publng 10¾x7½ 2nd edition pb [4/2005] for $10.17 Prestel Publng 9½x6½ pb [3/99] out of print/used Prestel Publng 9¾x6¾ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used
	"Edward Hopper: A Journal of His Work" [1997] by Deborah Lyons W.W.Norton 12¼x8 hardcover [11/97] for $17.50
	"Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Transformation of The Real" [1999] by Rolf G. Renner Taschen 9x7½ pb [8/99] for $9.99 Spanish-language edition: "Transformaciones de lo Real" [2005] Numen 9½x7¾ pb [3/2005] out of print/used
	"Hopper" biography by Mark Strand [2001] Knopf 8½x6 pb [11/2001] for $12.00
	"Edward Hopper 1882-1967: Vision of Reality" [orig 1981; anniv 2006] by Ivo Kranzfelder Taschen 25th Anniv Edition 12¼x9¾ hardcover [1/2006] for $12.74 Taschen 12x9¾ hardcover [11/98] out of print/many used
	"Edward Hopper" [2007] by Carol Troyen, Judith Barter & Elliot Davis Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11¼x10¾ hardcover [6/2007] for $41.60

Other  Media

"Edward Hopper" documentary short [2007] 'Made possible' by the H.R.H. Foundation, produced by the National Gallery of Art; Co-produced, written & directed by Carroll Moore; narrated by Steve Martin; interviewees include Carol Troyen, Dr. Judith Barter, and artists Red Grooms & Eric Fischl, with archive footage of Edward Hopper Microcinema 30-minute color DVD [7/2007] for $17.99; full credits at IMDb movie excerpts podcast at National Gallery of Art [3:26]: hi-def Quicktime • lo-def Quicktime

"Telling The Edward Hopper Story" interview of Carroll Moore, film and video producer
MP3 recording from N.G.A. BackStory [7:37]

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"Later The Same Evening: The Hoppera" [2007] Written by composer John Musto & librettist Mark Campbell The opera is an interpretation of five Hopper paintings: "Room In New York", "Hotel Window", "Hotel Room", "Two On The Aisle", and "Automat”; world premiere performed at University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in November 2007; subsequent performance at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in December 2007 MP3 recording of "Out My One window" aria [9:07] from "Later The Same Evening" opera

"Hopper Meets Opera in Later The Same Evening" interview with Prof. Leon Major, University of Maryland
SoundCloud s/w not working [7:04]

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National Gallery of Art - Lectures, Video & Podcasts
N.G.A. Videos & Podcasts Page

"The Mystique of Edward Hopper" interview of Carol Troyen of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
SoundCloud s/w not working [11:46]

"Telling The Edward Hopper Story" interview of Carroll Moore, film and video producer
SoundCloud s/w not working [7:37]

"Hopper Meets Opera in Later The Same Evening" interview with Prof. Leon Major, University of Maryland
SoundCloud s/w not working [7:04]

"Edward Hopper's New York" short film with over 50 of Hopper's works
featuring N.G.A. curator Franklin Kelly - podcast [8:47]

The Wyeth Lecture In American Art at the National Gallery of Art: "Ground Swell: Edward Hopper In 1939" given by Alexander Nemerov in 2007 podcast of the Nemerov lecture [52:13]

W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Edward Hopper: House By The Railroad, 1925 [6:17]

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"Portraits of America: Short-Short Stories Inspired By The Paintings of Edward Hopper" [34 stories 2010] by Glenda Stewart Langley Characters include a pair of con artists, a stripper dreaming of the life of a factory worker, a factory worker dreaming of the life of a stripper, a neighborhood cat, a little girl on vacation at the seashore, two people on a blind date, and an ex-ballerina. CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2010] for $8.95

"In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired By The Paintings of Edward Hopper" [17 stories 2016] Edited by Lawrence Block 17 new short stories, by authors Megan Abbott, Jill D. Block, editor Lawrence Block, Robert Olen Butler, Lee Child, Nicholas Christopher, Michael Connelly ("Nighthawks"), Jeffery Deaver, Craig Ferguson, Stephen King, Joe R. Lansdale, Gail Levin, Warren Moore, Joyce Carol Oates ("The Woman In The Window"), Kris Nelscott, Jonathan Santlofer, and Justin Scott Kindle Edition from Pegasus Books [12/2016] for $12.99 Pegasus Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2016] for $19.70

Internet  Links
Edward Hopper entry at Wikipedia
Peter Cohn lecture at CUNY/Whitney (Sept 1995)
Edward Hopper at Absolute Arts
Edward Hopper at Artchive.com
Edward Hopper at Artcyclopedia

Museum  &  Gallery  Links
Smithsonian 'Edward Hopper Scrapbook'
'Edward Hopper Online' gallery
Edward Hopper at Webmuseum of Paris
Edward Hopper at Tate Modern Museum in London, U.K.
Hopper exhibit at Boston [MA] Museum of Fine Art [May-August 2007]
Hopper exhibit at National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC [Sept 2007-Jan 2008]

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