Artist field note

Edward Hopper

Modern life is measured by distance between people.

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Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
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Nighthawks

1942

Late-night figures share a bright diner yet remain sealed within separate inward lives.

The five in one idea

Hopper made ordinary American spaces carry the emotional geometry of modern solitude.