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Blackwell's Island by Edward Hopper

Blackwell's Island

Edward Hopper · 1911

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Artist
Edward Hopper
Date
1911
Location
Whitney Museum of American Art
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THE ARTIST

Edward Hopper

1882–1967 · United States

Painter of 'Nighthawks' who captured the isolation and drama of modern American life in luminous, cinematic scenes.

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Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1890s–1920s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago Soldier on a Horse Same era · 1890s–1920s Soldier on a Horse Mikhail Larionov · 1911 · Tate Blue Girl in the Sun Same era · 1890s–1920s Blue Girl in the Sun Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1910 Birth Same era · 1890s–1920s Birth Marc Chagall · 1911 · Art Institute of Chicago Crouching Nude in Shoes and Black Stockings, Back View Same era · 1890s–1920s Crouching Nude in Shoes and Black Stockings, Back View Egon Schiele · 1912 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Same era · 1890s–1920s Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Pablo Picasso · 1910 · Art Institute of Chicago Bathers by a River Same era · 1890s–1920s Bathers by a River Henri Matisse · 1909 · Art Institute of Chicago Little Harbor in Normandy Same era · 1890s–1920s Little Harbor in Normandy Georges Braque · 1909 · Art Institute of Chicago
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