The  (SFMOMA) has purchased the painting Intermission, by American artist . The piece, created in 1963, is one of the last paintings created by Hopper. SFMOMA Hopper's style, which visually examined American urban and rural life in the first half of the 20th century, made him one of the most influential and important American artists of the modern era. The painting, which was sold by a private collector, is believed to be valued at over $25 million. Intermission shows a woman sitting alone in the front row of a . The theater is empty, and is described, by art critic Kenneth Baker as expressing emotion and social isolation, a standard theme in Hopper's works. The inspiration for the painting came to Hopper while he was watching a film. Hopper's wife, Josephine, had scheduled Hopper to create the painting in a theater, however Hopper would complete the painting at his studio in . Original sketches of Intermission show a second person sitting in the third row — a figure that never made it into the final painting. Baker calls Intermission a "prime example of Hopper's austere realist vision". SFMOMA will not disclose how much they paid for Intermission. When the painting Hotel Window, which is of similar size and from the same period, sold at auction in 2006, it sold for $ 26.9 million. It is believed that "Inspiration" is worth just as much, if not more. Intermission was purchased with the help of donor funds, and acquired through the San Francisco-based Fraenkel Gallery, which sold if on behalf of a private collector.
The San Francisco (SFMOMA) has purchased the painting Intermission, by American artist . The piece, created in 1963, is one of the last paintings created by Hopper. SFMOMA Hopper's style, which visually examined American urban and rural life in the first half of the 20th century, made him one of the most influential and important American artists of the modern era. The painting, which was sold by a private collector, is believed to be valued at over $25 million. Intermission shows a woman sitting alone in the front row of a . The theater is empty, and is described, by art critic Kenneth Baker as expressing emotion and social isolation, a standard theme in Hopper's works. The inspiration for the painting came to Hopper while he was watching a film. Hopper's wife, Josephine, had scheduled Hopper to create the painting in a theater, however Hopper would complete the painting at his studio in New York City. Original sketches of Intermission show a second person sitting in the third row — a figure that never made it into the final painting. Baker calls Intermission a "prime example of Hopper's austere realist vision". SFMOMA will not disclose how much they paid for Intermission. When the painting Hotel Window, which is of similar size and from the same period, sold at auction in 2006, it sold for $ 26.9 million. It is believed that "Inspiration" is worth just as much, if not more. Intermission was purchased with the help of donor funds, and acquired through the San Francisco-based Fraenkel Gallery, which sold if on behalf of a private collector.
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$25 million. Intermission shows a woman sitting alone in the front row of a . The theater is empty, and is described, by art critic Kenneth Baker as expressing emotion and social isolation, a standard theme in Hopper's works. The inspiration for the painting came to Hopper while he was watching a film. Hopper's wife, Josephine, had scheduled Hopper to create the painting in a theater, however Hopper would complete the painting at his studio in . Original sketches of Intermission show a second person sitting in the third row — a figure that never made it into the final painting. Baker calls Intermission a "prime example of Hopper's austere realist vision". SFMOMA will not disclose how much they paid for Intermission. When the painting Hotel Window, which is of similar size and from the same period, sold at auction in 2006, it sold for $
$25 million. Intermission shows a woman sitting alone in the front row of a . The theater is empty, and is described, by art critic Kenneth Baker as expressing emotion and social isolation, a standard theme in Hopper's works. The inspiration for the painting came to Hopper while he was watching a film. Hopper's wife, Josephine, had scheduled Hopper to create the painting in a theater, however Hopper would complete the painting at his studio in New York City. Original sketches of Intermission show a second person sitting in the third row — a figure that never made it into the final painting. Baker calls Intermission a "prime example of Hopper's austere realist vision". SFMOMA will not disclose how much they paid for Intermission. When the painting Hotel Window, which is of similar size and from the same period, sold at auction in 2006, it sold for $