HOPPER: An American love story
Preview: 1/2/2024 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover the secrets behind Edward Hopper’s most iconic and enigmatic works.
Discover the secrets behind Edward Hopper’s most iconic and enigmatic works. Known for “Nighthawks” and other evocative paintings of American life, Hopper has left a lasting impression on our culture. Meet the man behind the brush, and see how his marriage to fellow artist Josephine Nivison Hopper shaped his art and career.
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo...
HOPPER: An American love story
Preview: 1/2/2024 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover the secrets behind Edward Hopper’s most iconic and enigmatic works. Known for “Nighthawks” and other evocative paintings of American life, Hopper has left a lasting impression on our culture. Meet the man behind the brush, and see how his marriage to fellow artist Josephine Nivison Hopper shaped his art and career.
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- [Carmenita Higginbotham] Hopper was aware of a kind of isolation.
What happens when one is alone?
- [Franklin Kelly] People in his paintings rarely interact.
Frequently they don't even look at each other.
- [Elizabeth Thompson Colleary] It was a volatile marriage.
- [Adam D. Weinberg] She was a serious artist in her own right.
He overshadowed Jo In many ways.
- [Christine Baranski as Jo Nivison] "What has become of my world?
It's evaporated.
I just trudge around in Eddie's."
- [Franklin Kelly] One can look at these pictures and take from them meanings and stories and feelings that are in some ways endless.
- [J. K. Simmons as Edward Hopper] The whole answer is there on the canvas.
If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.
- [Carol Troyen] Somebody asked him, "So what are you after here?"
And Hopper looked at him and said, "I'm after me."
A closer look at Edward Hopper's "Automat" and "Chop Suey"
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Edward Hopper displayed a preference for quieter social commentary with his art. (1m 59s)
Edward Hopper's career soared as wife Jo Nivison's faltered
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Edward Hopper's career soared while his wife Jo Nivison's faltered. (2m 31s)
Edward Hopper's childhood in Nyack, New York
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Edward Hopper was raised in Nyack, where his creativity was fostered by his parents. (2m 3s)
Edward Hopper's simple lifestyle with wife Jo
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Edward and Jo Hopper lived an extremely frugal life. (1m 55s)
Edward Hopper's work showed a narrow view of New York
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Edward Hopper showed no interest in the growing diversity of America. (2m 39s)
HOPPER: An American love story (EAD + ASL + OC Trailer)
Discover the secrets behind Edward Hopper’s most iconic and enigmatic works. (2m 10s)
Rare interview footage of Edward Hopper on his process
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Edward Hopper joins Brian O'Doherty for a conversation about his process and inspirations. (29m 7s)
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