Edward Hopper is a painter from the late 19th century to the early 20th century his paintings were usually what people would call gloomy paintings. His most famous painting is Nighthawks which depicts 4 people in a bar at night in New York. The painting has gained so much fame has to be paired by a multitude of people from Advertisement to Movies and TV. In his work he has always had some element that makes his work very enticing. There’s something that’s ever charming about the subjects he chooses to paint. Most of his subjects were someone being alone at night in a public space such as diners, rest stops, and gas stations . He chooses these places because he felt that they were places where it would be easier to get rid of your worries than at home. His paintings always give me a sense of loneliness. In most of his paintings he depicts figures or characters that are sitting down or resting by themselves or with one significant other but even thou sometimes they may be surrounded by other people they seem very far apart. I personally love his art. His painting give me a feeling of comfort in myself. When i was young my father was in
the military. So I never really stayed in the same place for too long. I never held on to friends as a result I became more of a introvert. So I feel like I can understand what the characters in the painting are feeling like.
Ref. Dr. Hannah Doxburgh PHD head of Art and
Achitecture.