27/11/2013

Painter Edward Hopper ... loneliness ... and his Nighthawks ...

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I will talk about this great American painter , known for his painting ,
as well as his art " silence " or " inability to communicate "
 also through images of several of his well-known and important paintings

 

HOPPER ...
HIS FAMOUS NIGHTHAWKS
AND ITS ART ...

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( 7 Nyack 22, 1882 - New York 15 5 1967)
 
 
 
 
Edward Hopper was an American painter
became famous for his ability
to portray the sense of loneliness
in contemporary American society .


NIGHTHAWKS

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NIGHTHAWKS - Nighthawks

 
 
 
 
The local painting in this famous work of art is a myth - but ... it never esisitito !
 
 
The local ... a cafeteria open 24 hours a day ... at the intersection of two streets ... he was talking about the same artist ... stating it had been the source of his inspiration ... and you thought existed on Greenwich Avenue, in reality it is not ... esisitito ever !

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A super blogger connoisseur of life of the " Big Apple " (as defined in New York) did not find, after extensive research on images and maps of the time, no trace of such a space.
 

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The legendary work of Edward Hopper defined ... " Painter of Silence" , in my opinion, however, has a symbolic value and artistic ... such that its beauty is not affected at all !
 
 
In fact, not the harsh reality of a place but the atmosphere of loneliness in a great city ... and in a particular period ... to be exact ... 40 years is what has affected and inspired the author ... facendocela live with his art then ... as it appears evident in many of his Edward Hopper paintings.
 
 
Although there has never been "that" there were many reliable local time in New York where revelers drowned with alcohol and a chat with the bartender their deep loneliness ...
 
 
 

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The legendary work of Edward Hopper defined ... " Painter of Silence" , in my opinion, however, has a symbolic value and artistic ... such that its beauty is not affected at all !
 
 
In fact, not the harsh reality of a place but the atmosphere of loneliness in a great city ... and in a particular period ... to be exact ... 40 years is what has affected and inspired the author ... facendocela live with his art then ... as it appears evident in many of his paintings.
 
 
Although there has never been "that" there were many reliable local time in New York where revelers drowned with alcohol and a chat with the bartender their deep loneliness ...
 
 
 

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