Edward Hopper : An Intimate Biography
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| Title: | Edward Hopper : An Intimate Biography |
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| Description: | New York Times Notable BookLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWall 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. |
| Authors: | Gail Levin |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Artists--United States--Biography, Painters--United States--Biography |
| Categories: | ART / Movements / Modernism, ART / American / General, ART / Individual Artists / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | New York Times Notable BookLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWall 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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| ISBN: | 9780520393387 9780520396975 |
