An Artist in Pursuit of Desire; essay by Matt Backer (original) (raw)

Edward Hopper: An Artist in Pursuit of Desire

by Matt Backer

About the author

With Jen Heusel, Matt Backer co-curated the 2006 exhibition_"Black Spirit": Works on Paper by Eldzier Cortor_ at the Indiana University Art Museum. Studying primarily under Dr. Sarah Burns, he received his Master of Arts Degree in 2005. He is currently researching for his dissertation in modern American art, as well as lecturing in American Studies and Art History at the University.

Editor's note

Editor's note: The above essay was rekeyed and reprinted on March 23, 2006, in Resource Library with permission of the author. If you have questions or comments regarding the essay, please contact the author directly through either this phone number or web address:

812-855-5445
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuam/

Resource Library readers may also enjoy:

and a scrapbook,compiled by the staff of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

and from Art Journal Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raissone, 4 vols. - book reviews, Fall, 1997 by Roberta K. Tarbell

and from Magazine Antiques Edward Hopper's Houses, Nov, 1999 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg; Edward Hopper and the American imagination, August, 1995 by Kate Rubin; Edward Hopper's Houses, Nov, 1999 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg; Edward Hopper and the American imagination, August, 1995 by Kate Rubin

For an image of:

Edouard Manet's Olympia from WebMuseum, Paris, please click here
Edward Hopper's Office at Night from artchive.com please click here
Edward Hopper's Automat from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee please click here
Edward Hopper's Summertime from the Delaware Art Museum please click here
Edward Hopper's Manhattan Bridge Loop from the Addison Gallery of American Art please click here
Edward Hopper's Two on the Aisle from CGFA pleaseclick here
Edward Hopper's Intermission from This Is Local London please click here
Edward Hopper's A Woman in the Sun from The Athenaeum please click here
Edward Hopper's Sun in an Empty Room from WebMuseum, Paris please click here

TFAO also suggests this video:

Edward Hopper. The iconic paintings and artistic impact of Edward Hopper (1882-1967) are the topics for a 30-minute 2007 documentary DVD accompanying the exhibition _Edward Hopper_on its national tour. Narrated by the award-winning actor, writer, and Hopper art collector Steve Martin and produced by the National Gallery of Art, the film will accompany the exhibition in all three venues: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (May 6 through August 19, 2007); the National Gallery of Art, Washington (September 16 through January 21, 2008); and The Art Institute of Chicago (February 16 through May 11, 2008). At the National Gallery, the film will be shown in its entirety in the East Building auditoriums, dates to be announced. A 15-minute version of the film will be shown continuously in a theater inside the exhibition. The documentary includes archival footage of Hopper, new footage of places that inspired him in New York and New England, including his boyhood home in Nyack and his studio on Washington Square, where he lived and worked for more than 50 years. From their New York studios, artists Red Grooms and Eric Fischl discuss Hopper's influence on their careers. Co-curators of the exhibition -- Carol Troyen, John Moors Cabot Curator of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Judith Barter, The Field-McCormick Chair of American Art at The Art Institute of Chicago -- as well as independent scholar Avis Berman, author of Hopper's New York, discuss recent and diverse perspectives on Hopper's art. Hopper's passion for the movies, particularly film noir classics from the 1930s such as The Public Enemy , is revealed in the film, which also shows the influence of Hopper's work on the set designs of filmmakers who came after him, including Alfred Hitchcock and Wim Wenders.

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