Edward Hopper's cityscapes are structural and architectural, but have few people. The two in the last painting of the brownstones are standing in front of windows looking out at the light shining on Central Park.
Apartment Houses, East River, 1930. oil on canvas.
Early Sunday Morning, 1930. oil on canvas.
The City, 1927. oil on canvas. The painting above shows the area on Washington Square where Edward Hopper lived. It was modernizing , with big new buildings cutting off the older apartment buildings, a process which is continuing today.
Sunlight on Brownstones, 1956. oil on canvas.
No comments:
Post a Comment