Hopper Drawings

EdwardHopperholdsanimportantplaceintwentieth-centuryAmericanart.Inhisscenesofurbanandrurallife—canvasesthatrevealhisrare,highlyfocusedtechnicalaccomplishmentandhisdeeppsychologicalpenetration—hecreatedindelibleimagesthatoftenconveythelonelinessofpersonswithintheirenvironment.Highlyindividual,instantlyrecognizable,hisworksareamongthemostesteemedincollectionsofAmericanart.TheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtisthebiggestrepositoryofworksbyEdwardHopper.InitscollectionarealargenumberofHopperdrawings,powerfulworksthatteachusnotonlyaboutHopper’stechniqueandvisionbutalsoabouttheartofdrawingitself.Thisbookpresents44majorHopperdrawings,executedincrayon,charcoal,pencil,andotherprimarilymonochromaticmedia,mostofthemreproduceddirectlyfromoriginalsinthemuseum'scollection.Someofthesecompellingworksarestudiesforpaintings.ManyrevealfamiliarHopperterritory:Manhattanstreets,alighthouseontheAtlanticseacoast,theruralNortheast,andmore.ThisinexpensiveeditionoffersawonderfulopportunityforartistsandartloverstostudytheuniquerangeandevocativepowerofHopper’sdraftsmanship.Thosemasteringandrefiningtheirdrawingskillswilldiscoverinthesepagesarichsourceofinspirationandinstruction.,