![]() ![]() Hopper paintings series#From 1916 to 1918 he executed a series of very gestural oil paintings. Steeped in the art of Degas (1834–1917) and Vallotton (1865–1925), he executed several Pointillist works in Paris, but abandoned this style because he found it too French. “Like the majority of his American contemporaries, Hopper was a great admirer of Impressionism. But from 1912 onward he devoted himself to painting the architecture of New England during summers spent in Gloucester, though it was not until 1924 that he abandoned his work as a commercial illustrator to dedicate himself to painting. “On returning to New York, Hopper earned his living as an illustrator in advertising and for magazines. ![]() In 1910 he returned to Paris, and seized the opportunity to visit Madrid and Toledo. ![]() His stay in Paris was interspersed with short trips to London, Amsterdam-where he discovered Hals, Vermeer, and Rembrandt-Berlin, and Brussels. He would have encountered the avant-garde artists of the time, such as Matisse (1869–1954) and Picasso (1881–1973). He travelled to Europe and settled in Paris until 1907, developing his knowledge of Impressionism. The latter had a great formative influence on his art. “Edward Hopper was an apprentice at the New York School of Art from 1900 to 1906 his teachers were William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876–1952), and notably Robert Henri (1865–1929). ![]()
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