Comments on: Edward Hopper http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:25:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: samiramiss http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-125027 samiramiss Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:07:05 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-125027 paint paint

]]> By: Don O'Shea http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-50854 Don O'Shea Wed, 16 May 2007 01:02:22 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-50854 Charlie, Here's a contrary view of Hopper from this week's issue of the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2007/05/21/070521craw_artworld_schjeldahl Regards, Don O'Shea Charlie,
Here’s a contrary view of Hopper from this week’s issue of the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2007/05/21/070521craw_artworld_schjeldahl
Regards,
Don O’Shea

]]> By: Daniel van Benthuysen http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-50277 Daniel van Benthuysen Mon, 14 May 2007 16:05:05 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-50277 Hopper's wife died only a year after he did and his entire estate went to the Whitney Museum of American Art. They have staged the quintessential blockbusters of Hoppers work at various points over the ensuing decades but last winter, perhaps figuring that New York audiences had zoned out on the every-few-years-giant-Hopper show, they hit upon something new: Displaying Nighthawks and New York Movie together with the dozens upon dozens of sketches (many from quite tiny pocket sketch-books) that refined the figure studies and compostions of several of his best known paintings. One saw several things in this show: How Jo Hopper was always the model for any female figure in his paintings. How her features became more generic as a compopsition developed so that in the end she was not recognizable. And how Hopper's fascination with the tensions in the marvelous play of geometry in his compositions was ultimately at the cost of some stiffness that sets in, particularly in the human figures. As a painter myself, though, I was relieved to read that Hopper for many years was only painting two or three oils a year. What phenomenal preparation though! Hopper’s wife died only a year after he did and his entire estate went to the Whitney Museum of American Art. They have staged the quintessential blockbusters of Hoppers work at various points over the ensuing decades but last winter, perhaps figuring that New York audiences had zoned out on the every-few-years-giant-Hopper show, they hit upon something new: Displaying Nighthawks and New York Movie together with the dozens upon dozens of sketches (many from quite tiny pocket sketch-books) that refined the figure studies and compostions of several of his best known paintings. One saw several things in this show: How Jo Hopper was always the model for any female figure in his paintings. How her features became more generic as a compopsition developed so that in the end she was not recognizable. And how Hopper’s fascination with the tensions in the marvelous play of geometry in his compositions was ultimately at the cost of some stiffness that sets in, particularly in the human figures. As a painter myself, though, I was relieved to read that Hopper for many years was only painting two or three oils a year. What phenomenal preparation though!

]]> By: Matt http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-50085 Matt Mon, 14 May 2007 04:43:57 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-50085 My wife and I really enjoy Hopper, so we'll be checking out the DC exhibit in Sept no doubt. Thanks for the heads up on it. I cannot wait to stand in front of Nighthawks. Simply amazing. My wife and I really enjoy Hopper, so we’ll be checking out the DC exhibit in Sept no doubt. Thanks for the heads up on it. I cannot wait to stand in front of Nighthawks. Simply amazing.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-50041 Bonnie Mon, 14 May 2007 02:30:10 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-50041 I made sure to see the exhibit in Boston, It's really fantastic, if it's coming anywhere near you GO SEE IT. His use of color is amazing. Great show. Sadly, moves on in August I made sure to see the exhibit in Boston, It’s really fantastic, if it’s coming anywhere near you GO SEE IT. His use of color is amazing.

Great show.

Sadly, moves on in August

]]> By: Dan van Benthuysen http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-49979 Dan van Benthuysen Sun, 13 May 2007 22:30:16 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-49979 The Edward Hopper House, his home for so many years growing up and home to relatives thereafter, Edward Hopper held the title to this home until he died in the 1960s. Today the house is a community art center in Nyack, a beautiful Hudson River town just north of NYC. Worth a visit via web or in person if you are in the area: http://www.hopperhouse.org/ The Edward Hopper House, his home for so many years growing up and home to relatives thereafter, Edward Hopper held the title to this home until he died in the 1960s. Today the house is a community art center in Nyack, a beautiful Hudson River town just north of NYC. Worth a visit via web or in person if you are in the area:
http://www.hopperhouse.org/

]]> By: Katherine http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/comment-page-1/#comment-49865 Katherine Sun, 13 May 2007 16:04:43 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/05/13/edward-hopper/#comment-49865 Thanks for another informative article and links Charley. I'd already spotted the Boston exhibition but not the other locations. Shame the dates don't work for me......... Thanks for another informative article and links Charley. I’d already spotted the Boston exhibition but not the other locations. Shame the dates don’t work for me………

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