Edward Hopper

by LEVIN, GAIL

• ISBN13: 9780847829309
• ISBN10: 0847829308
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-24
• Publisher: Rizzoli

Summary

"A definitive biography." Robert Hughes,Time"A nearly flawless account of a remarkable artist . . . a compelling and accessible narrative for anyone even remotely interested in modern American art." Michael Kammen,TheNew York Times Book ReviewThis acclaimed biography of Edward Hopper is essential reading for anyone interested in the world-famous realist artist. This second, expanded edition doubles the number of illustrations, and includes a new section of paintings in color. A newly added section on Hopper's international influence on culture, especially on contemporary art, poetry, and cinema, makes this edition unique. The original biography (Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, Knopf, 1995) has long been considered the seminal review of Edward Hopper's life and work. The biography's focus is the laconic, introverted painter's stormy forty-three-year marriage to outspoken and gregarious Josephine ("Jo") Nivison, herself an artist, and draws extensively on Jo Hopper's intimate diaries, which she kept from the early 1930s until shortly before her death in 1968 (just 10 months after her husband died).

Author Biography

Gail Levin is professor of fine and performing arts, art history, American studies, and women's studies at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. An internationally known curator, she has organized many exhibitions on Edward Hopper. Among her other books are Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, and The Poetry of Solitude: A Tribute to Edward Hopper.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Truth and Pain	p. xi
The Roots of Conflict: 1882-1899	p. 3
Defining the Talent: 1899-1906	p. 27
Seductive Paris: 1906-1907	p. 49
The Ambivalent American: 1907-1910	p. 72
In Search of a Style: 1911-1915	p. 84
The Detour through Etching: 1915-1918	p. 102
The Deeper Hunger: 1918-1923	p. 123
The Leading Lady	p. 146
First Success: 1923-1924	p. 167
Getting Established: 1925-1927	p. 188
On the Road to America: 1928-1929	p. 212
Recognition: 1930-1933	p. 227
First Retrospective and the Truro House: 1933-1935	p. 251
An Intellectual Self-Portrait	p. 272
Consequences of Success: 1936-1938	p. 283
The Struggle to Paint: 1939	p. 307
The War Begins: 1940	p. 320
Failed Odyssey: 1941	p. 333
Nighthawks: 1942	p. 348
Mexico: 1943	p. 358
War on the Home Front: 1944	p. 367
The Aesthetic Divide: 1945	p. 375
Anxiety: 1946-1947	p. 385
Illness and Loss: 1948	p. 400
Melancholy Reflection: 1949	p. 408
A Retrospective Year: 1950	p. 421
Mexico Again: 1951	p. 436
Planning Reality: 1952	p. 445
Reality: 1953	p. 455
Taking Stock: 1954	p. 474
Personal Vision: 1955	p. 482
Time Cover Story: 1956	p. 494
Toward Reconciliation: 1957-1958	p. 508
Excursion into Philosophy: 1959	p. 520
Protest: 1960	p. 529
Prints Again: 1961-1962	p. 543
Last Rehearsal: 1963-1964	p. 554
Final Curtain: 1965-1967	p. 569
Bibliographical Notes	p. 581
Notes	p. 583
Acknowledgments	p. 645
Index	p. 647
Expanded Edition
Preface	p. 681
Hopper's Legacy	p. 683
Erased but not Forever: The Recovery of Jo Nivison Hopper	p. 717
Hopper's Legacy for Visual Artists	p. 729
Hopper's Legacy for Cinema	p. 749
Endnotes	p. 763
List of Illustrations	p. 769
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