The urbanized city life in New York was also a common way of life with thousands of people living in neighborhoods and apartment blocks going about their business.
#NIGHTHAWKS BY EDWARD HOPPER FULL#
New York during the 1940s was a bustling city full of life and development. Nighthawks (1942) by Edward Hopper Edward Hopper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons This time undoubtedly impacted all Americans and left them feeling a sense of uncertainty and fear about their lives and the outcome of the War.Īlthough this was not the sole reason for why Edward Hopper painted Nighthawks, it is an important consideration to bear in mind when looking at his painting as it is depicted with a sense of quiet, dimness, and eeriness that can easily be attested to the prevalent mood of that time, which was undoubtedly one of foreboding. To prevent aircraft bombings American cities also practiced blackout drills, which consisted of cities dimming or switching off most of their lights to minimize the extent of becoming a target. World War II was in full swing during 19 was the year when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Keep all these points in mind before we look at this famous diner painting. If we look at the year and location that Edward Hopper painted Nighthawks, which was 1942 in America, specifically New York as this was where the artist lived, we will find it gives us more contextual analysis about the impact of this painting.
ArtistĬontextual Analysis: A Brief Socio-Historical Overview Next, we will look at a formal analysis and Hopper’s artistic style in this painting, for example, the way he utilized color to depict light and dark, his use of line, and of course, the subject matter – just what are we looking at when we see four people sitting in a diner in New York City? Below we look at all these and more. In this article we will explore a brief contextual analysis, we will provide some historical context of how this work is part of the American Realism movement and what may have influenced Hopper to paint it. This is something almost everyone can relate to, but this painting touches on deeper meanings than a diner countertop. Often described as a “timeless” painting, it depicts an every day – or every night – scene of four people in a diner. Known as one of the more popular, and widely reproduced, American oil paintings from the Modern 20th-century art is Nighthawks (1942) by Edward Hopper. Hopper married Josephine Nivison in 1924 who made a significant impact on his work and life.Ī portrait of Edward Hopper in 1937 Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Hopper was also inspired by the styles of Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, all figures from the French Impressionism art movement. His art teachers included William Merritt Chase, who also inspired Hopper’s earlier art style. He was a student at the New York School of Art and Design. He started drawing sketches and in his teenage years, and used mixed media like oil paints, charcoal, pen-and-ink, and watercolors.
He was artistically inclined from a young age, around five years old. 5.3 Is the Nighthawks Painting Based on a Real Place?Įdward Hopper was born in 1882 in a town called Nyack in New York, United States.5.2 What Is the Nighthawks Painting Value?.5.1 Why Is the Painting Called Nighthawks?.3 Formal Analysis: A Brief Compositional Overview.2.1 Contextual Analysis: A Brief Socio-Historical Overview.2 Nighthawks by Edward Hopper in Context.1 Artist Abstract: Who Was Edward Hopper?.
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