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sun in an empty room 1963

 

 

 

a woman in the sun 1961

 

 

 

city sunlight 1954

 

 

 

eleven a.m. 1926

 

 

 

hotel room 1931

 

 

 

summer interior 1909

 

 

 

interior(model reading) 1925

 

 

 

morning in a city

 

 

 

morning sun 1952

 

 

 

excursion into philosophy 1959

 

 

 

room in new york 1932

 

 

 

summer in the city

 

 

 

hotel by a railroad

 

 

 

sheridan theatre 1937

 

 

 

intermission 1963

 

 

 

rooms by the sea 1951

 

 

 

 

 

Edward Hopper

1882 – 1967

 

 

 

Most of Hopper's figure paintings focus on the subtle interaction of human beings with their environment—carried out with solo figures, couples, or groups. His primary emotional themes are solitude, loneliness, regret, boredom, and resignation. He expresses the emotions in various environments, including the office, in public places, in apartments, on the road, or on vacation.

 

 

 

Levin interprets the painting:

Plato’s philosopher, in search of the real and the true, must turn away from this transitory realm and contemplate the eternal Forms and Ideas. The pensive man in Hopper’s painting is positioned between the lure of the earthly domain, figured by the woman, and the call of the higher spiritual domain, represented by the ethereal lightfall. The pain of thinking about this choice and its consequences, after reading Plato all night, is evident. He is paralysed by the fervent inner labour of the melanchlic."

 

 

 

Hopper’s nudes were all female. Unlike past artists who painted the female nude to glorify the female form and to highlight female eroticism, Hopper's nudes are solitary women who are psychologically exposed.