| Edward Hopper
February 16–May 10, 2008
Regenstein Hall and Galleries 262–65 Overview:
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Edward Hopper (1882–1967), creator of art that novelist John Updike
described as "calm, silent, stoic, luminous, and classic," is one of the
most enduring and popular American painters of the 20th century. His
paintings have been celebrated as a part of the very grain and texture
of the American experience. This exhibition is the first comprehensive
presentation of Hopper's work to be seen in American museums outside of
New York in a quarter century.
Edward Hopper. Nighthawks, 1942. Friends of American Art. Surveying the artist’s 70-year career, Edward Hopper will feature
watercolors and oil paintings, and concentrate on his most productive
years—from the mid-1920s to the mid-1950s—when he created his most
enduring images such as the Art Institute’s iconic Nighthawks (1942). A
pivotal American artist who was intensely private, Hopper made solitude
and introspection important themes in his paintings. The exhibition
will be arranged chronologically and thematically, focusing on the work
he executed in Gloucester and Truro, Massachusetts, Maine, and New
York. Approximately 50 oils and 30 watercolors, together with
literature and history of the artist’s own time, will show Hopper’s
place in the tradition of American realism and modernism. Edward Hopper
and its companion exhibition, Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color
of Light, will provide a survey of the American realist tradition and
chart the growth of modern subject matter—from Homer, America’s first
modernist, to Hopper, the nation’s best known 20th-century realist. Catalogue: A comprehensive catalogue accompanies the exhibition. Featuring essays by the Art Institute’s Judith Barter, Field-McCormick Chair of American Art; Ellen Roberts, assistant curator of American art; and other scholars, the volume is available for purchase in the Museum Shop and online at www.artinstituteshop.org. Organizer: This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington; and the Art Institute of Chicago. Sponsor: This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington; and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Exelon Corporation is the Lead Corporate Sponsor of this exhibition.
This project was partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism.
Terra Foundation for American Art is the Lead Foundation Sponsor as part of American Art American City, a Chicago celebration of historical American art. Additional Resource: Hear assistant curator Ellen Roberts present a sneak preview of the exhibition. |
