生粋のニューヨーカーで、アメリカを代表する芸術家、Edward Hopperの紹介（英文）

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Why Edward Hopper is (probably) the greatest ever American artist: pic.twitter.com/QNPQvBw8pz

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Edward Hopper was born in Nyack, in the suburbs of New York, in 1882. At the age of 31 he moved to Manhattan and lived there until his death in 1967. He was, then, a New Yorker through and through. pic.twitter.com/tixyk7mnPq

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Hopper was destined to be an artist of some sort; this is his earliest dated drawing, from when he was just eleven. For six years, starting in 1900, he studied at the New York School of Art and Design under several of America's leading artists. pic.twitter.com/yAlw3HO66S

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One of them was William Merritt Chase, an American Impressionist under the spell of the French painters who had been revolutionising art since the 1870s, such as Monet, Manet, Renoir, and Degas. One of thousands of Impressionist imitators across Europe and America. pic.twitter.com/ajA9cWO3Os

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Another teacher was Robert Henri, the leader of the so-called "Ash Can School". He was a former Impressionist reacting against both Impressionism and the state of American art more generally. A would-be rebel, then. pic.twitter.com/G937pKOCw6

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Henri and his Ash Can School (along with several of his students, such as the brilliant George Bellows) wanted to bring American art closer to the realities of every day life. It was a movement aiming for Realism, then, though it never quite cast off its Impressionist origins. pic.twitter.com/ujtaB4NXaC

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After finishing his studies in 1906 Hopper went to Paris three times, about which he said in 1910: "It seemed awful crude and raw here [in the US] when I got back. It took me ten years to get over Europe." In Paris Hopper was initially inspired by artists like Degas and Manet. pic.twitter.com/kkqf3SJtRC

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But anybody familiar with Hopper's work will know there's more going on than a reinterpretation of Impressionism, and that's right. His favourite European painter was Rembrandt; Hopper said Rembrandt's famous Night Watch was the greatest painting he'd ever seen. pic.twitter.com/t180V2mKce

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Hopper also adored a colourblind engraver called Charles Meryon, known for his depictions of Paris. It was the dark tones of Rembrandt and the realistic but emotionally charged architecture of Meryon (rather than the bright colours of Impressionism) that inspired Hopper most. pic.twitter.com/feoPCsNOro

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But upon returning to New York Hopper's career did not go as planned. He had to work as a freelance illustrator: "I kept some time to do my own work. Illustrating was a depressing experience. And I didn't get very good prices because I didn't often do what they wanted." pic.twitter.com/gGmNR7vcdS

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Well, even if he hated this work, whether illustrating magazines, making movie posters, or designing adverts, he was very good at it. And, in his spare time, Hopper started making etchings; here we see the birth of the style for which he is now so famous. pic.twitter.com/dw6HsV2DGH

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Eventually his fortunes changed. Hopper married the artist Josephine Nivison in 1924 and soon received the belated recognition he deserved. Galleries bought and exhibited his paintings and, by the 1930s, Hopper had become a respected, established, and financially secure artist. pic.twitter.com/vS8EQGN62w

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But Hopper — a quiet man, reserved, wistful, meticulous — was not enthralled by success or fame. As he later said: "Recognition does not mean so much, you never get it when you need it." He even turned away from the brighter colours of his early successes, like Mansard Roof... pic.twitter.com/9Owq81Jhmn

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Gabriel Bauer @TheGabrielBauer

@culturaltutor By the way, an interesting thing is how Edward Hopper’s paintings was the inspiration for one of the best Alfred Hitchcock’s movies. “Rear Window” (1954) pic.twitter.com/nRlFedLwPe

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Hank 🫥 Official @the_Hankster

@culturaltutor This one too, IMO! pic.twitter.com/5l1uAVg7Br

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