Edward Hopper Film (NGA)

According to this movie Edward Hopper was born in New York in 1882. His exhibition is the first to have been seen in 25 years. Everybody thought of him like a God. He invented or developed a lot of ways of picturing the America experience. He was a realist because he painted what he saw. The idea came to him very slowly. His subjects increasingly became uncommunicative figure often alone and empty rooms. He was famous for his monumental silences. He talked very little. He painted factories, telephone poles, small town streets and touring cars. He did not belong to a movement, or a group, or a school. He just belonged to himself. Art critics saw his works as the leatest chapter in the hisory of American history realism.

I really like Hopper's art, which is like a puzzle. His paintings showed loneliness, isolation, emptiness and unclear endings of stories. His paintings make the viewers think more than twice about the secret of the story. He painted "Early Sunday Morning" with no people present. It was a lonely scene with shadows. I totally agree with some of his statements, which are, "If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.". He also said: "The only real influence I've ever had was myself". I love the simplicity style that he used in his paintings. Actually, I became one of his fans. :)