] Hopper, Edward (1882-1967). American painter, active
] mainly in New York.
]
] Interior scenes
]
] Street scenes
]
] Landscapes
]
] He trained under Robert Henri, 1900-06, and between 1906
] and 1910 made three trips to Europe, though these had
] little influence on his style. Hopper exhibited at the
] Armoury Show in 1913, but from then until 1923 he
] abandoned painting, earning his living by commercial
] illustration. Thereafter, however, he gained widespread
] recognition as a central exponent of American Scene
] painting, expressing the loneliness, vacuity, and
] stagnation of town life. Yet Hopper remained always an
] individualist: `I don't think I ever tried to paint the
] American scene; I'm trying to paint myself.'