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.
Before there were art supply stores, people made art. Before there were pencils, there were sharpened mineral rocks. Before there were brushes there were clumps of grass and twigs and fur. Today’s drawing is “No Art Store Tools.” You can use paper, but no pencils. Ink is fine, but no pens. So what now? Lots! Use your hands, use your feet. …
In my current series of abstraction classes, each week we focus on a single element of art. Honing in like this allows us to explore different ways into a painting or drawing. By narrowing down, we are able to go farther into an idea. These projects were made in response to a class on line …
If you haven’t seen Wayne Thiebaud’s cakes, his gumball jars, the ice cream cones in rows, you simply MUST check them out. They are what made Thiebaud famous, and with good reason. But don’t look here for gumballs and meringues. They are not here. This post has a few of his sketches, and less common …
Last week Nikki Barber and I surprised my drawing classes with an unexpected session of printmaking. After a few weeks of drawing practice, Beginning and Figure Drawing students made monotypes for the first time, and LOVED IT. Yesterday I posted still life monoprints by the beginning drawing students. Today are figurative monoprints by the figure …
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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