A window into Edward Hopper’s world

A new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art provides a window into Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and his view of urban life. "Edward Hopper's New York" features about 200 works that capture a changing and changeless city, and illuminate the inner lives of city dwellers. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports.
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[@mindphaserxy]

Nighthawks is the greatest American painting ever. Others may come close but for it just touches modern urban life so well. The aesthetics are impeccable.

[@mililaniman]

I love the urban themes of Edward Hopper's paintings. I have never visited New York, so I enjoy his perspective of the city.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Please do visit someday soon!

[@jude999]

His art is cinematic. Its nice to see these classy art features which Sunday Morning used to have so much of.

[@brynwest4495]

Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape. It has been described as Hopper's best-known work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000.

[@HankGrebe]

Edward Hopper's paintings are a unique and rare pleasure. I enjoyed a show at Virginia's Museum of Art in Richmond of his various travel paintings including "Western Motel".

[@imo8249]

Excellent art works

[@steveconn]

The Whitney always had good Hoppers (always like the smoking clown playing cards on the deck of a ship). Captured the isolation of life in early urban America. Good essay on him by Robert Hughes in Nothing But Not Critical. Worth a look!

[@lewstone5430]

Thanks Steve for letting us know about this essay. I’ll give it a read if I can find it for free online.

[@lewstone5430]

Hopper is by far my favorite American artist. I was privileged enough to see “Nighthawks” at the Art Institute years ago. I especially love looking at, and thinking about it. With many of Hopper’s works I think I understand their meanings, but “Nighthawks” is still a mystery to me.

[@paulyeatman303]

Me too!

[@214jef]

It’s strange they didn’t show Nighthawks, perhaps his most famous piece. I’ve always understood it to depict the loneliness of life in a city; that intimacy with strangers that is often unwanted yet inescapable. The cafe offers a safe haven, but is also a lonely place.

[@lewstone5430]

@214jef it definitely could be that, perhaps I’m looking too hard for some bigger meaning.

[@babyfir77]

I'm glad that his Nighthawks was selected for the now forgotten board game, "Masterpiece."

[@dannycalley7777]

@@214jef 214J ............I'm old and that's a good X plain !!!!!!!

[@posthocprior]

Thanks. Think am going to go see the exhibit.

[@rashedwhatley2322]

Wonderful

[@kenaldri4923]

I recall being influenced by his work and the stark candids that he would paint. I can't remember now but it was a pretty significant departure from the way most artists painted at the time.

[@sdhscrosscountry]

Love his work

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

I imedatly fell in love with his Art . I've never seen it before. I am sharing this with my Freinds that grew up in New York and have moved away. It's probably going to make them a bit home sick. Wonderful program thanks for it.

[@800oceandrive5]

Amazing

[@eubieland]

Thank you.

[@endlessvoyageca7518]

As a long time Hopper fan, I just returned from traveling across the country With the single purpose of seeing this exhibit and was in no way disappointed. The viewpoint of his figures looking away, the story of his wife as his model late in her life, his interest in painting theaters, and more. Fascinating.

[@dannycalley7777]

EVC ...............the definition of Americana ???????

[@kenichinishikawa7007]

Very nice video. I enjoyed the exhibition in December. I uploaded my video so that I can remember my excitement.

[@jimdavis928]

Where was Edward Hopper's most famous painting, Nighthawks???? I am shocked that there was no mention of it!!! That painting is the essence of NYC!!!

[@brynwest4495]

It's housed at the art institute in Chicago. and has been for many years.

[@chrisfinch8637]

Edward Hopper’s view of New York, something majestic in his own time on earth, today, it’s not much like what it was back in his vision, unfortunately.

[@snardfluk]

It’s interesting that you had a piece about Edward Hopper and you did not show or even mention “Night Hawks”. I’m assuming that painting wasn’t in the exhibit.

[@brynwest4495]

It's housed at the art institute in Chicago. and has been for many years.

[@ivanklymenko]

🤩😍😍

[@veronicak1752]

You can't touch this- Also, the 60's - he lived until 1967- so, some of the sixties.

[@holeymattress8128]

His paintings have the feeling of any town USA.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Because all American towns look the same?

[@holeymattress8128]

@@TinLeadHammer No, because they were painted depicting NYC, which doesn't look like any town USA at all... get it?

[@mikenotaro2792]

This art work hurts so good...

[@babasheeny3634]

Simpler times🙂

[@hilaryapril7043]

Innovative ànd unique in the stark realism ...the USA was changing with the industrial revolution...

[@ramiyazje]

You'd struggle to find an artist of any kind (musician, painter, writer, etc) who doesn't't look at Hopper's work and think WOW!

[@Higgins8]

At least this is actual art, instead of today's modern art which looks ridiculous.

[@fredfred3195]

Nighthawks

[@TinLeadHammer]

So CBS morning program does have useful content, what do you know.

[@jeffpetrie7744]

“Exhibit” is a verb. “Exhibition” is the noun. When reporters or anyone else uses “exhibit” as a noun I dismiss them as uneducated sots.

[@donny121able]

You don't have to be able to read and write to enjoy art, never mind being grammatically correct art is for anyone that can see.

[@yvonneksheherhers5301]

Send this to Steve martin

[@kaivrock]

It's too bad his paintings look better here or in reproductions. Standing in front of them, the colors are not as vibrant and the paint handling is pretty dull. And you should NEVER put oil paintings under glass. That's about the last thing he needs.

[@MaxNeal-tl9bd]

White New York, he died at 84 and never saw a black person in the city…🙄🤨🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

...Was he SUPPOSED to?

[@rillest75]

Eff NY

[@FLOODOFSINS]

When they do stories about looking into the artist world it is begging the audience to give the artwork more value than what it actually is. For example Mariah Carey took only 30 minutes to make her Merry Christmas song but it took mary-j-blige years to come up with one of her popular song. She was basically begging her audience to find value in her song when she gave her speech award just because she put more of her time to come up with the same three minutes of song length. When someone tells you how many degrees they have before they tell you what do you want to know. It shows what they tell you isn't worth a damn if one has to prove its worth before hand. If your words cannot stand on its own., If your artwork or music can't stand on its own merits without you telling the history of the artist than your artwork is worthless. Let this be a reminder to all you kiddies out there.

[@JohnnyNiteTrain]

Ummmm, where to even begin, yeah it’s not worth it but I’ll just say: 1) What you just said makes absolutely no sense. 2) Why is your word salad on this particular video when it has no context or point to what the video was about? Smh

[@donrood7282]

@@JohnnyNiteTrain THANK YOU! This dude needs to take his meds!

[@donrood7282]

What on Earth are you on about?!?

[@FLOODOFSINS]

@@JohnnyNiteTrain that's sad you're not smart enough to understand. You must be a doordash driver 😂

[@FLOODOFSINS]

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