![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the rising popularity of such abstract movements as cubism and fauvism in Europe, Hopper was most taken by the works of the impressionists, particularly those of Claude Monet and Edouard Manet, whose use of light would have a lasting influence on Hopper’s art. ![]() He was also able to make several trips abroad - to Paris in 1906, 19 as well as Spain in 1910 - experiences that proved pivotal in the shaping of his personal style. Although he found the work creatively stifling and unfulfilling, it would be the primary means by which he would support himself while continuing to create his own art. Having completed his studies, in 1905 Hopper found work as an illustrator for an advertising agency. Before deciding to pursue his future in fine art, Hopper imagined a career as a nautical architect.Īfter graduating in 1899, Hopper briefly participated in a correspondence course in illustration before enrolling at the New York School of Art and Design, where he studied with teachers such as impressionist William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri of the so-called Ashcan School, a movement that stressed realism in both form and content. Among his earliest signed works is an 1895 oil painting of a rowboat. He continued to develop his abilities during grammar school and high school, working in a range of media and forming an early love for impressionism and pastoral subject matter. The younger of two children in an educated middle-class family, Hopper was encouraged in his intellectual and artistic pursuits and by the age of 5 was already exhibiting a natural talent. Hopper was born on July 22, 1882, in Nyack, New York, a small shipbuilding community on the Hudson River. His famous works include "House by the Railroad" (1925), "Automat" (1927) and the iconic "Nighthawks" (1942). Influenced by the Ashcan School and taking up residence in New York City, Hopper began to paint the commonplaces of urban life with still, anonymous figures, and compositions that evoke a sense of loneliness. Born in 1882, Edward Hopper trained as an illustrator and devoted much of his early career to advertising and etchings. ![]()
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