Edward Hopper : An Intimate Biography.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Gail.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--United States--Biography.

Artists.

Painters--United States--Biography.

Painters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (705 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2023.

Summary:

New York Times Notable Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Wall Street Journal--One of Five Best Artist Biographies Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hopper's work. In this intimate biography she reveals the true nature and personality of the man himself--and of the woman who shared his life, the artist Josephine Nivison.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Introduction: Truth and Pain

The Roots of Conflict: 1882-1899

Defining the Talent: 1899-1906

Seductive Paris: 1906-1907

The Ambivalent American: 1907-1910

In Search of a Style: 1911-1915

The Detour through Etching: 1915-1918

The Deeper Hunger: 1918-1923

The Leading Lady

First Success: 1923-1924

Getting Established: 1925-1927

On the Road to America: 1928-1929

Recognition: 1930-1933

First Retrospective and the Truro House: 1933-1935

An Intellectual Self-Portrait

Consequences of Success: 1936-1938

The Struggle to Paint: 1939

The War Begins: 1940

Failed Odyssey: 1941

Nighthawks: 1942

Mexico: 1943

War on the Home Front: 1944

The Aesthetic Divide: 1945

Anxiety: 1946-1947

Illness and Loss: 1948

Melancholy Reflection: 1949

A Retrospective Year: 1950

Mexico Again: 1951

Planning Reality: 1952

Reality: 1953

Taking Stock: 1954

Personal Vision: 1955

Time Cover Story: 1956

Toward Reconciliation: 1957-1958

Excursion into Philosophy: 1959

Protest: 1960

Prints Again: 1961-1962

Last Rehearsal: 1963-1964

Final Curtain: 1965-1967

Bibliographical Notes

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Textual credits

Illustration credits

A Note on Type

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Levin, Gail Edward Hopper

ISBN:

9780520396975

OCLC:

1355842028