Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.
Born: July 22, 1882, Upper Nyack, New York, United States Died: May 15, 1967, Washington Square North, New York, United States On view: Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, MORE Periods: Neoclassicism, Social realism, American Realism, MORE Nationality: American Influenced by: Gustave Courbet, Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, Honoré Daumier, Paul Strand