Hopper is known for his oil paintings, but he also made etchings…
House by the Railroad, 1925
Hopper was not initially successful as an artist, so he made ends meet with freelance illustration work…
Poster illustration, Smash the Hun (1919)
Frank Rehn gave Hopper his first solo show in 1924. Hopper was 42.
Automat, 1927
The Seattle Art Museum expected to receive Chop Suey after the death of the collector and patron Barney Ebsworth this year, but instead the family is having the painting is auctioned at Christie’s. The painting was recently valued at $70 million.
Clamdigger, 1935
Hopper was not prolific, he painted only 366 canvases in his lifetime. If he started painting when he was in his early 20’s, and painted until the year he died, this would be an average of one painting every 2 months. During the 1950s, when he was in his 70s, he produced approximately five paintings a year.
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This is day 6 of our 30 day creative challenge! To learn more about this 30SAL challenge, click here. Take figures from the painting on the left and put them into the room on the right. Feel free to change space in the composition, and alter figures as you prefer. Artwork 1: Mary Magdalene Healing the …
Did you know this about Edward Hopper?
Self Portrait, charcoal, 1903
Hopper is known for his oil paintings, but he also made etchings…
House by the Railroad, 1925
Hopper was not initially successful as an artist, so he made ends meet with freelance illustration work…
Poster illustration, Smash the Hun (1919)
Frank Rehn gave Hopper his first solo show in 1924. Hopper was 42.
Automat, 1927
The Seattle Art Museum expected to receive Chop Suey after the death of the collector and patron Barney Ebsworth this year, but instead the family is having the painting is auctioned at Christie’s. The painting was recently valued at $70 million.
Clamdigger, 1935
Hopper was not prolific, he painted only 366 canvases in his lifetime. If he started painting when he was in his early 20’s, and painted until the year he died, this would be an average of one painting every 2 months. During the 1950s, when he was in his 70s, he produced approximately five paintings a year.
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