American Realism

Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper, New York Interior, c. 1921, Whitney Museum of American Art
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. Hopper is the most modern of the American realists, and the most contemporary. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. In both his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.^[7]
Hopper's teacher, Robert Henri, encouraged his students to use their art to "make a stir in the world". He also advised his students, It isn’t the subject that counts but what you feel about it and Forget about art and paint pictures of what interests you in life.^[8] In this manner, Henri influenced Hopper, as well as famous students George Bellows and Rockwell Kent, and motivated them to render realistic depictions of urban life. Some artists in Henri's circle, including another teacher of Hopper’s, John Sloan, became members of “The Eight”, also known as the Ashcan School of American Art.^[9] His first existing oil painting to hint at his famous interiors was Solitary Figure in a Theater (c. 1904).^[10] During his student years, Hopper also painted dozens of nudes, still lifes, landscapes, and portraits, including his self-portraits.^[11]
Other visual artists
See also: 291 (art gallery) and Photo-Secession
Joseph Stella, Charles Sheeler, Jonas Lie, Edward Willis Redfield, Joseph Pennell, Leon Kroll, B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Gertrude Käsebier, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, E. J. Bellocq

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Alfred Stieglitz, Winter – Fifth Avenue, 1893, photograph

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Edward Steichen, The Flatiron Building, 1904, photograph

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Joseph Pennell, The Waldorf-Astoria, c. 1904–1908, charcoal and pastel on brown paper

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Edward Willis Redfield, Brooklyn Bridge at Night, 1909, oil on canvas

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The Old Ships Draw to Home Again, 1920, Jonas Lie, Brooklyn Museum