1882–1967

A painter in the American Realist school, Hopper lived and worked at 3 Washington Square North in Greenwich Village from 1913 until his death in 1967. Many of most famous paintings are scenes of New York City, like Early Sunday Morning (a placid early–morning view of Hudson Street, now in the Whitney Collection). His work is generally sensitive and warm, but also indulges in a more peculiarly New York aesthetic, with deep shadows and sharp angles creating a noir effect. His extensive travels also allowed him to paint sensitive pictures of Americans from all walks of life. When asked about the relationship between his life and paintings, he said: “the man’s the work. Something doesn’t come out of nothing.”