Author: Ulf Küster
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
ISBN: 9783775746564
Binding: hardcover
Pages: 120
Format: 13 x 19.5 cm
English language
That incomparable melancholy in Edward Hopper's photos occasionally leads us to look at details of his life. Where did this master of solitude live and work? What were his most important influences while working on his great paintings of America? In this wonderfully structured book from A to Z, Ulf Küster pursues these themes, which tell a great truth about the painter and his interests, and yet never loses sight of the artist and the distance necessary for his inimitable images. Thus, Küster wanders through the ABC of Hopper's life and work, from "American landscape," "Buick," "Goethe," and "shadow and sunlight" to the key word, "zero." Along the way he opens many new doors or points of view, enriching the views of Hopper's paintings and making it possible to interpret them in new ways. An entertaining and informative book.
EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1967) is the master of American Realism. His paintings captured life during his time. His method of painting quickly became the stylistic foundation of American Modernism. A source of inspiration for countless painters, photographers, and filmmakers, his work remains influential to this day.
