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Edward Hopper: Nighthawks
Edward Hopper: Nighthawks Nighthawks, oil on canvas by Edward Hopper, 1942, in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Edward Hopper

American artist
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Edward Hopper (born July 22, 1882, Nyack, N.Y., U.S.—died May 15, 1967, New York City) was an American painter whose realistic depictions of everyday urban scenes shock the viewer into recognition of the strangeness of familiar surroundings. He strongly influenced the Pop art and New Realist painters of the 1960s and 1970s. Hopper was initially trained as an illustrator, but, between 1901 and 1906, he studied painting under Robert Henri, a member of a group...

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