Edward Hopper

(American, 1882–1967)

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Edward Hopper

Evening Wind, 1921

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Edward Hopper

Night Shadows, 1921

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Biography

Timeline

1882
Born on July 22 in Nyack, NY
1899 - 1900
Studied illustration at the Correspondence School of Illustrating, New York, NY
1900 - 1906
Studied painting at the New York School of Art under Robert Henri
1905
Employed as an illustrator by C. C. Phillips & Company, a New York advertising agency
1907
Participated in his first exhibition, organised by fifteen of Robert Henri’s students in the old Harmonie Club building, New York, NY
1915 - 1924
Learned to etch and concentrated on printmaking
1923
Began to paint with watercolours, Awarded prizes for etching in exhibitions in Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA
1935
Awarded Temple Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the First Purchase Prize in watercolour, Worchester Art
1945
Awarded Logan Art Institute Medal and Honorarium, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1950
Awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, by the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Exhibitions

2008
Edward Hopper, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007
Edward Hopper, The Natinoal Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2005
At the window - etchings by Edward Hopper, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Edward Hopper, Tate Modern, London, England
2003
Edward Hopper - the Paris Years, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2002
Edward Hopper and Urban Realism, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2000
Edward Hopper, Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan
1979
Edward Hopper: Prints and Illustrations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1969
Edward Hopper: Retrospective, Detroit Institute of Arts and City Art Museum, St Louis, MO (solo)
1964
Edward Hopper: Retrospective,Whitney Museum of American Art and Art Institute of Chicago (solo)