Nighthawks (1942)
Edward Hopper, 1882-1967
Oil on Canvas, 60"x33.1", Art Institute of Chicago
American painter Edward Hopper found his inspiration in the ordinary – an anonymous diner on an isolated Greenwich Village street that captures a mood of isolation and emptiness in the nighttime city scene. The model for his female figures was often his wife, the artist Josephine Nivison. Hopper was influenced by theatrical lighting, and used geometric angles and shapes to bring movement to his paintings of quiet, solitary moments in everyday urban life.
Oil on Canvas, 60"x33.1", Art Institute of Chicago
American painter Edward Hopper found his inspiration in the ordinary – an anonymous diner on an isolated Greenwich Village street that captures a mood of isolation and emptiness in the nighttime city scene. The model for his female figures was often his wife, the artist Josephine Nivison. Hopper was influenced by theatrical lighting, and used geometric angles and shapes to bring movement to his paintings of quiet, solitary moments in everyday urban life.
Nighthawks At Micky’s
Nancy Patrick Carney Acrylic and collage on canvas 22”x 26" Are they strangers or friends? A lonely couple goes their separate ways outside Mickey’s Diner on a quiet night in downtown St. Paul. |
Alone In His Thoughts, After Hopper
Calvin deRuyter Watercolor on paper, mounted and waxed
30”x22” Just as Hopper reflected on infamy of his day (Pearl Harbor), our generation’s event of infamy led many to periods of fear and gloom |
Where No One’s Watching
Emily Donovan Acrylic on board 28” x 17” A man and a woman quietly meet for a cup of coffee and have a conversation about what to do next…? |
42nd Street
Susan Fryer Voigt Acrylic on paper 22”x30” A very familiar stretch of 42nd Street in New York City, walked at night after class, with fascinating overlapping geometric shapes and reflective lights. |
Paradox of Intimacy
Pamela Weisdorf Mixed media on canvas 20” x 16” Hopper often painted paradoxical scenes where people were in full view but appeared isolated. My painting begs the sociological question: has our wired, high-tech world enhanced human closeness or intensified our isolation? |
There Are All Kinds of Night Hawks
Emmy White Watercolor with acrylic varnish finish 32”x24” The Figure reading stays awake to read like a night hawk stays awake to feed and the cafe patrons do not want to be totally alone so they find florescent lights, warm bodies and coffee. |