Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker whose work captured quiet, often solitary scenes of modern American life in both urban and rural settings. Using composition, light, and shadow to build mood rather than incident, he produced enduring images such as Nighthawks, Automat, and Chop Suey, paintings admired for what one critic called their complete verity in depicting ordinary American subjects layered with poetic meaning. Hopper's spare, atmospheric treatment of everyday scenes, often centered on themes of isolation and stillness, made him one of the most influential American painters of the twentieth century.