Edward Hopper : an intimate biography
/ Gail Levin
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf , c1995
- 678 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
In the art of Edward Hopper, tense, unhappy men and women, in whom we recognize something of our neighbors and ourselves, play out mysterious dramas in silent, stripped-down spaces - stages raked by an unrelenting and revealing light. These paintings, and Hopper's equally evocative landscapes and houses, make us wonder: what kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art?