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edhopper

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66. Good essay

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 09:39 AM

Jun 2015

There are indeed many layers to Hopper's paimntings.

I want to add that the location of the diner has been debated for years, with no consensus.
The reason is a composite he used several locations. One was the intersection of Greenwich and 7th Ave South (not near the WTC) which has sharp angled streets unlike NY's normal grid.
But a revelation of the recent Whitney Museum's Hopper show was that he also used the famous Flat Iron Building as reference.
They had this display in that building when the exhibit was going on.

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No Exit: �Nighthawks� by Edward Hopper. [View all] CTyankee Feb 2015 OP

I have a "Nighthawks" print hanging in my home. I love his urban nightime paintings. virgogal Feb 2015 #1

What a great pair of paintings, my dear CTyankee! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #2

Isn't this a classic? It's quite a statement of its time... CTyankee Feb 2015 #4

Very much is said with very little in both paintings. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #3

Actually, you don't need Gale Levin to point out the similarities with the Van Gogh... CTyankee Feb 2015 #5

Google nighthawks hard candy only if you want to forever ruin innocent associations w that painting. proverbialwisdom Feb 2015 #6

tell me about it... CTyankee Feb 2015 #8

I love reading interpretations of "Nighthawks". Aristus Feb 2015 #7

sometimes a cash register is just a cash register...but come to think about it, CTyankee Feb 2015 #9

One of my favorites, I have to visit it whenever Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #10

Yep, I think that is how I got the Carol Troyen quote...she's the curator at the MFA. CTyankee Feb 2015 #11

Whenever I see any work in person Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #14

I travel to Europe specifically to see great works of art "in situ." Like you, I am CTyankee Feb 2015 #20

My spouse (the art person here) is always setting off Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #26

It's kind of addictive...you want to know more but those mean guards won't let you... CTyankee Feb 2015 #27

I added another detail to the post... CTyankee Feb 2015 #12

One correction edhopper Feb 2015 #13

Yup. I don't know where I got "Greenwich St." from... CTyankee Feb 2015 #21

I lived right near there when I lived in NYC. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #34

I lived on the corner of Hudson and Barrow streets... CTyankee Mar 2015 #35

What a great neighborhood it used to be! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #47

Yes, it sure is. Back when I livedin NY in the 60s it was the WEst Village...the LES CTyankee Mar 2015 #49

Great reference to the Auden poem, and a later passage makes it even petronius Feb 2015 #15

OK, you've got me on the bouquet reference... CTyankee Feb 2015 #16

In the second window from the upper left - I'm not sure, but that's what I'm guessing petronius Feb 2015 #22

I checked it out and could see a bouquet lying on its side...but it took a bright light CTyankee Feb 2015 #23

I tried to convince myself it was a face peering out the window, but petronius Feb 2015 #28

My take is that it is very late at night. It would make sense that the coffee is CTyankee Mar 2015 #32

I like this line: yellowwoodII Mar 2015 #36

not sure it was evil, but certainly short-sighted and a mistake... CTyankee Mar 2015 #38

For me, this painting illustrates solemn resilience. blogslut Feb 2015 #17

I love the two big coffee urns freighted with caffeine...AND the silver shine CTyankee Feb 2015 #19

*paging Heidi* and all the Nighthawks of yore*. Thank you CTyankee !! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #18

!!!!! Heidi Mar 2015 #31

those were good times. very good times. yes, indeed Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #42

Nice to see you, Heidi! bettyellen Mar 2015 #52

Hi, you!!!! Heidi Mar 2015 #56

Always super to see you! Hope you guys make it to ths side of the pond sooner... bettyellen Mar 2015 #58

"That 70s Show" and "The Simpson's" did great takeoffs of "Nighthawks". It's an icon. nt Bigmack Feb 2015 #24

sorta like Marcel Duchamps putting a mustache on the Mona Lisa...only without the CTyankee Feb 2015 #25

A homage is a homage flying rabbit Mar 2015 #29

Has anyone seen the ins. co. ad that's clearly designed like Nighthawks? nolabear Mar 2015 #30

I just googled it... CTyankee Mar 2015 #33

And then you have our own version sakabatou Mar 2015 #37

Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks was once yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #39

was it part of a show on Hopper's works? CTyankee Mar 2015 #40

don't quite remember yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #41

this is the same street i think Mosby Mar 2015 #43

OK, did a quick research on this. It is Early Sunday Morning and he originally CTyankee Mar 2015 #44

interesting, thx. nt Mosby Mar 2015 #45

Great stuff from the library on Hopper. LOTS written on him. CTyankee Mar 2015 #50

I see alot of Chirico in Hopper frankfacts Mar 2015 #46

Room in Brooklyn Tsiyu Mar 2015 #48

It's the time frame of the painting. He DID paint it when people in this country were on CTyankee Mar 2015 #51

That's the awesome thing about a painting or a poem Tsiyu Mar 2015 #53

thank you. it's my pleasure... CTyankee Mar 2015 #54

K and R cwydro Mar 2015 #55

A video I made of Nighthawks by Joyce Carol Oates Generic Other Mar 2015 #57

So is this a poem by Oates? That's interesting... CTyankee Mar 2015 #59

I love the feeling of a mash-up collaboration Generic Other Mar 2015 #60

Yes, I LOVE your take...a mash-up...Just an observation if you will indulge me further... CTyankee Mar 2015 #61

I see people collecting photos on Pinterest Generic Other Mar 2015 #62

Could you explain further what you mean by Second Life avatar? I'm afraid I don't have CTyankee Mar 2015 #63

Second Life is where I film machinima Generic Other Mar 2015 #64

So it is film machinima as I understand it... CTyankee Mar 2015 #65

Good essay edhopper Jun 2015 #66

thanks...it's really a haunting scene... CTyankee Jun 2015 #67

In real life edhopper Jun 2015 #68

I used to live in Greenwich Village many years ago...my son lives on the Lower East Side CTyankee Jun 2015 #69

So you lived in edhopper Jun 2015 #70

well, I consider Hopperland a bit contorted, don't you? CTyankee Jun 2015 #71

Yes edhopper Jun 2015 #72