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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) View Edward Hopper's Art Prints As a youth, Hopper haunted the shipyards along the lower Hudson River near his hometown of Nyack and dreamed of becoming a naval architect. His lifelong fascination with sailing and the sea provided a subject to which Hopper consistently returned throughout his career as a painter. The artist began his formal studies in 1899 at the New York School of Art under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri, founder of the renowned Ash Can School. After spending a year in Paris, Hopper returned to the United States in 1907. Achieving very limited success with his paintings, he began working as a commercial artist. His relationship and subsequent marriage to fellow artist Josephine Nivision in the 1920's corresponded with an upswing in his career. Beginning in 1921, Hopper's paintings caught the attention of leading critics and dealers and he swiftly rose to the status of American's foremost realist. Hopper described his work as "an art based on the American scene." His evocative canvases confront the viewer with images of isolation and alienation that echoed his own introspection. "Nighthawks", one of Hopper's best known works, has become an icon of American culture. A retrospective exhibition appeared at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1995. View Edward Hopper's Art Prints

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