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Edward hopper july 22, 1882 may 15, 1967 was an american realist painter and printmaker. There doesnt seem to be anything at all online about her, but there is a study of her work including slides listed at the whitney where the majority of hoppers paintings. In 1933, edward hopper received further praises for the works he had done, and for a piece that was on exhibit at the museum of modern art. Edward hopper was a seminal american artist famous for his oil paintings and watercolors of both rural and city life in the united states. Customize your edward hopper poster with hundreds of different frame options, and get the exact look that you want for your wall. In the art of edward hopper 18821967, tense, unhappy men and women, in whom we recognize something of our neighbors and ourselves, play out mysterious dramas in silent, strippeddown spaces stages raked by an unrelenting and revealing light. Edward hopper july 22, 1882 may 15, 1967 was a prominent american realist painter and printmaker.
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