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Edward Hopper Painter
Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Jul 22, 1882
Died: May 15, 1967
Edward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.
nature
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
art
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
art
I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.
trust
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
nature
In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.
art
The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.
art
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
imagination