Edward Hopper (1880-1967) was born near New York City, in an affluent WASP family.
He’s a US painter whose realistic depictions of everyday urban scenes and urban life impresse the viewer into recognition of the strangeness of familiar surroundings.
He started his career as a free lance illustrator and then, from 1901 to 1906, studied Painting at the Ashcan School.
He visited Europe three times between 1906 and 1910, but was not impressed neither moved by “avant garde” in Paris, or elsewhere in Europe.
Like the other painters of the Ashcan School, Hopper painted the commonplace of urban life, but specialized in creating still, anonymous figures and stern geometric forms, within snapshot-like compositions that create inescapable sense of loneliness and melancholy. So, Hopper was peculiar in catching that moment, when time stops, and the instant comes to eternity .
In the last period, Hopper refined his vision, painting objects and persons in subtle spatial relationship, and further mastering importance of light in shaping persons, volumes, and spaces as well. Here, we present a choice from his paintings, which are representatives of his style, and of his achievements as one of the most important painters of XX century.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) nacque vicino New York City, da una famiglia WASP (White Anglo-Saxon-Protestant) .
Cominciò la propria carriera come illustratore di riviste commerciali, free-lance, cioè pagato a contratto, non dipendente.
Dal 1901 al 1906 frequentò la Scuola d’Arte “Ashcan School”, e subito dopo, per tre volte (tra il 1906 e il 1910) visitò l’Europa, cominciando da Parigi, allora capitale mondiale della pittura. Qui, Hopper trascurò Picasso e le avanguardie, e studiò Rembrandt nei vari musei di Parigi, e altrove.
Hopper si sposò, ma non ebbe figli. Non ebbe un matrimonio felice, ciò che accentuò il suo bisogno di solitudine:egli infatti trascorreva molto del proprio tempo nel suo studio-atelier, tuttora visitabile in New York City. Amava andarsene a zonzo, la domenica mattina, giorno magico per chi conosce, ed abbia visitato quella meravigliosa città.
Hopper è conosciuto come il pittore realista della vita quotidiana in città, e della stranezza degli ambienti famigliari e sociali (uffici, bar, strade).
Molti dei suoi quadri somigliano a delle istantanee fotografiche, in cui le persone e gli ambienti sono ripresi in un’atmosfera senza tempo, con una sensazione di attesa, con la luce che ha un ruolo chiave. Le atmosfere sono silenziose, malinconiche, talora mistiche, ma sempre in attesa di qualcosa, forse dell’eternità.
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