Hopper
Contributors: Llorens Serra, Tomás, 1936-; Ottinger, Didier; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France); Rmn-Grand Palais (Organization)
Edition: English hardback ed.
Publisher: Réunion des musées nationaux--Grand Palais; D.A.P.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781935202875
Subjects: Catalogs; Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Edward Hopper is as quintessentially American as Jackson Pollock or Andy Warhol. Like them, his imagery has reached far beyond the realm of art to impact on our culture in the broadest terms, so that we see early twentieth-century America through is work, as much as within it. THe paired Charles Burchfield attributed Hopper's success to his "bold individualism," declaring the "in him we have regained that sturdy American independence which Thomas Eakins gave us." Hopper's art was profoundly of its time, both in its expression of the subtle melancholies of modern life and in its deeply cinematic qualities--perhaps Hopper's greatest gift was his treatment of light--to which directors from Alfred Hitchcock to Wim Wenders have paid homage. This volume presents a definitive Hopper monograph. Published for a massive retrospective at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, and the Grand Palais in Paris, it approaches Hopper's relatively small oeuvre in two sections. The first covers the artist's formative years from approximately 1900 to 1924, examining a section of sketches, paintings, drawings, illustrations, prints and water colors, which are considered alongside works by painters that influenced Hopper, such as Winslow Homer, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Edgar Degas and Walter Sickert. The second section considers the years from 1925 onwards, addressing his mature output through chronological but thematic groupings. Comprehensive in its scope, with a wealth of color reproductions, Hopper is the last word on the artist."--P. [2] of cover.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held June 12-Sept. 16, 2012 at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, and Oct. 10, 2012-Jan. 28, 2013 at Grand Palais, Paris.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-358) and indexes.

In English; some texts translated from French, German and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Didier Ottinger; title: The transcendental realism of Edward Hopper / Didier Ottinger; title: Edward Hopper's critical fortunes / Tomàs Llorens; title: Catalog; title: Anthology. Edward Hopper / Guy Pène du Bois ; Edward Hopper: retrospective exhibition / Alfred H. Barr, Jr. ; Edward Hopper: Alienation by light / Parker Tyler ; Interview with Edward Hopper / John Morse ; Edward Hopper's Voice / Brian O'Doherty ; Siz who knew Edward Hopper / Raphael Soyer ; American Quartet / Robert Morris ; Stills of the American Dream / Wim Wenders.; title: Chronology.