Edward Hopper, born in Nyack, New York, was a painter, printer, and illustrator. Hopper was one of the foremost American realists, and the most famous exponent of New Realism in the 20th century. Hopper used bright colors to depict ordinary scenes from everyday life which is characterized by isolation, melancholy, and loneliness. Thus he has been called the “painter of loneliness.” His works include “Early Sunday Morning (1930),” “Nighthawks (1942),” and “Second Story Sunlight (1960).”
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