Hopper: Amerika - Licht und Schatten eines Mythos

A melancholic mood permeates the work of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), the first great American in the history of painting. The central theme of his paintings is the loneliness of the individual in the cities and vastness of America - a vivid expression of a feeling of life that has undeniable parallels to today. Especially Nighthawks, created in 1942 and reproduced thousands of times since, adapted into film images and processed in literature, has become an icon and a symbol that has profoundly shaped our image of America and America's self-image. Didier Ottinger, deputy director of the Musée national d'art moderne at the Centre Pompidou, explores the roots of Hopper's art and its development into the poetic realism of everyday life that made Edward Hopper one of the most popular and best-known artists of the 20th century. In addition to numerous illustrations, this compact introduction to Hopper's life and work contains a wealth of biographical and reception history documents.