“What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity."
~ Berenice Abbott
"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist and this inner life would result in his or her personal vision of the world. No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination”
~ Edward Hopper
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The recent PBS American Masters film on Edward Hopper was a brilliant insight into the life of one of the greatest of American painters. One understood so well where Hopper’s art came from as his art really mirrored his life from beginning to end.
He experienced an unusual growth spurt in 8th grade and was 6’5” tall. He sensed a feeling of isolation and loneliness from an early age that affected his view on the human condition. This is the greatest portrait ever taken of him by the great Berenice Abbott, who honed her portraiture skills in Paris in the 1920’s by apprenticing with Man Ray. Here we find Hopper in his studio on the north side of Washington Square Park in New York. Notice his fedora hat perched on his etching press. Hopper loved the portrait so much he gifted Berenice with a copy of his celebrated print “Night Shadows” in appreciation of her skill in capturing his essence.
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