Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth...

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 — May 15, 1967)

"What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house."

One of my favourite painters, he's got a impeccable eye for shadows, light and darkness. Some of his painting are even named simply after a place and a specific time of day, "afternoon" "evening", "sunday morning", "7PM" etc. and he seems to effortlessly capture the magic in these fleeting moments. "Nighthawks", "Summer Evening", "Gas" and "Early Sunday Morning" are my personal favourites. Simple yet extraordinary mood-pieces.


American Village, 1912


Summer Evening, 1947


Gas, 1940


Nighthawks, 1942


Early Sunday Morning, 1930


New York Movie, 1939


New York, New Haven and Hartford, 1931


House by the Railroad, 1925


Rooms For Tourists, 1945


Night Windows, 1928


Drug Store, 1927


Railroad Sunset, 1929


Corn Hill, 1930


House At Dusk, 1935


High Noon, 1949


The Lee Shore, 1941


Adam's House

Andrew Wyeth (12 July, 1917)

—I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.?? — A. W.



Christina's World



Daydream



End Of Olsons



Evening At Kuerners



Marriage



First Snow



Public Sale



Rest In Peace



Man and the Moon



Spring



Turkey Pond



Wind from the Sea



Weatherside



Master Bedroom



Lovers



Distant Thunder



First Snow (Groundhog Day Study)




Sea Bed



Afternoon Flight



Moon Madness

Post your favourite paintings depicting American urban & rural life.. and its inhabitans. 🙂

One thing I noted is that both Hopper and Wyeth are Cancers. I think it shows in their work.