Edward Hopper : an intimate biography /

Edward Hopper : an intimate biography / Gail Levin.

In the art of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), tense, unhappy men and women, in whom we recognize something of our neighbors and ourselves, play out mysterious dramas in silent, stripped-down spaces - stages raked by an unrelenting and revealing light. These paintings, and Hopper's equally evocative...

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Main Author: Levin, Gail, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1995.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Sidney Samuel Thomas biography collection.
Subjects:
Hopper, Edward, > 1882-1967.
Artists > United States > Biography.
Simmons University authors. Levin, Gail.
Table of Contents:
  • The Roots of Conflict: 1882-1899
  • Defining the Talent: 1899-1906
  • Seductive Paris: 1906-1907
  • The Ambivalent American: 1907-1910
  • In Search of a Style: 1911-1915
  • The Detour through Etching: 1915-1918
  • The Deeper Hunger: 1918-1923
  • The Leading Lady
  • First Success: 1923-1924
  • Getting Established: 1925-1927
  • On the Road to America: 1928-1929
  • Recognition: 1930-1933
  • First Retrospective and the Truro House: 1933-1935
  • An Intellectual Self-Portrait
  • Consequences of Success: 1936-1938
  • The Struggle to Paint: 1939
  • The War Begins: 1940
  • Failed Odyssey: 1941
  • Nighthawks: 1942
  • Mexico: 1943
  • War on the Home Front: 1944
  • The Aesthetic Divide: 1945
  • Anxiety: 1946-1947
  • Illness and Loss: 1948
  • Melancholy Reflection: 1949
  • A Retrospective Year: 1950
  • Mexico Again: 1951
  • Planning Reality: 1952
  • Reality: 1953
  • Taking Stock: 1954
  • Personal Vision: 1955
  • Time Cover Story: 1956
  • Toward Reconciliation: 1957-1958.

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