Edward Hopper
An Intimate Biography
1st Edition
Published on 3. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-0-520-39338-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Edition
First Edition, Reissue
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
98 b-w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
1162 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-39338-7 (9780520393387)
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Person
Gail Levin is a biographer, art historian, and curator of landmark exhibitions. She is Distinguished Professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women's Studies at the City University of New York. She is the author of many books on Edward Hopper and on other aspects of twentieth-century American art.
Content
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 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 Visions: 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
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 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 Visions: 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