Edward Hopper

American, born 1882. Known for his paintings of the ordinary, almost banal, scene - yet his work invariably suggests an atmosphere of unease and uncertainty, sometimes imbued with a sexual tension.

"Nighthawks seems to be the way I think of a night street. I didn't see it as particularly lonely. I simplified the scene a great deal and made the restaurant bigger. Unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city."

	The Lighthouse at Two Lights 1929
	New York Movie 1939
	Gas 1940
	Office at Night 1940
	Nighthawks 1942
	Eleven AM 1942
	Summer Evening 1947
	A Woman in the Sun 1961

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