A striking theme in Edward Hopper's paintings is isolated people looking out through a city window at the light; they are almost always alone. Maybe the primary relationship at that time is with the light. Sometimes, the frame is reversed and Hopper and we the viewer is looking in through the window at a lighted room, with a person partially visible. Sometimes, there is only a lighted room and we are looking in from the outside; the twilight, the background, the building, always the light.
Office in a Small City, 1953. oil on canvas.
Morning Sun, 1952. oil on canvas.
Morning in a City, 1944. oil on canvas.
A Room in Brooklyn, 1932. oil on canvas.
Night Windows, 1928. oil on canvas.
House at Dusk, 1935. oil on canvas.
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