Edward Hopper – oblicza samotnooeci
Edward Hopper: the Features of Solitude

Summary/Abstract: Edward Hopper is considered as ‘typically American artist of the 20th century’. In his pictures, he showed alienation of people living in industrial age. He liked realistic motifs, and the scenery in big agglomerations. From May to June 2004, the Tate Modern Gallery in London exhibited canvases, watercolors, drawings and graphic art by Hopper (70 pictures). In 1899, Hopper started studying at Correspondence School of Illustrators in New York. He continued his education at the New York School of Art (1900- 1906). His teacher was Robert Henry, a realist artist. Hopper’s first exhibition in 1924 was well received, and he decided to become a painter. Also in 1924, he married Jo Nivison, who insisted that she was his only model. His pictures are filled with nostalgic and dreamy atmosphere. He showed things as if seen through a camera-eye. His cityscapes and landscapes were painted with warm and bright colors. He was a philosopher-painter. He concentrated on painting people, and revealed their inner selves.

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