num_pages: 200
description: The circumstances of Edward Hopper's life are only sparingly documented. Nor have more than a very few anecdotes that shed light on his personality and character come down to us. To further complicate matters, Hopper himself was not especially forthcoming with information about his life and art, or his opinions about art in general. A great deal is left to speculation. Still, there are a few established facts to report.Edward Hopper was born on 22 July 1882, in Nyack on the Hudson River, in the State of New York. His family, American for several generations, was of English and Dutch decent on his father's side, and of English and Welsh on his mother's. Edward had a sister, Marian, who was two years his elder. In 1890 their father, Garrett Hopper, acquired a dry goods business on South Broadway in Nyack. The Hoppers were a middleclass family and belonged to the Baptist Church.
title: Edward Hopper 1882-1967: Vision of Reality
titlecomplete: Edward Hopper 1882-1967: Vision of Reality
genres: Biography, Art History, Biography Memoir, Photography, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 756
publisher: Barnes & Noble