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Edward Hopper: Quick Facts

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Born July 22, 1882 • Nyack • New York
Died May 15, 1967 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Early Sunday Morning” • “House by the Railroad” • “Nighthawks” • “Room in Brooklyn” • “Second-Story Sunlight”
Movement / Style Social Realism

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Edward Hopper: Nighthawks
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self-portrait by Grant Wood
Grant Wood
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Jack Levine
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Benton, Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart Benton
American painter
Ben Shahn, 1966.
Ben Shahn
American artist
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh
American artist
Portrait of José Herrera
Peter Hurd
American painter
Justice of the Pains: The Movement Westward, mural by John Steuart Curry, 1936; in the U.S. Department of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Building), Washington, D.C.
John Steuart Curry
American painter
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William Gropper
American artist
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Antonio Berni
Argentine artist
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Thomas W. Dewing
American artist
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Oscar Howe
American artist
Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe
American painter
Harry Smith
Harry Smith
American artist, musicologist, and collector
Thomas Eakins: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross  (The Gross Clinic)
Thomas Eakins
American painter
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald
American artist
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
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Roger Brown
American artist and collector

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