Artwork Title: New York Restaurant

New York Restaurant, 1922

Edward Hopper

His subtle observations of American life made Hopper a pivotal figure in the development of American art.New York Restaurant comes out of Hopper’s early career. While the scene is crowded, the woman in the red hat seems removed and distant, uninvolved with the man who sits with her. Hopper spoke of this painting in a letter to the MMA dated January 9, 1937: "The picture New York Restaurant was painted about 1922 – not later at any rate. In a specific and concrete sense, the idea was to attempt to make visual the crowded glamour of a New York restaurant during the noon hour. I am hoping that ideas less easy to define have, perhaps, crept in also." (http://www.muskegonartmuseum.org/mma-permanent-collection/)
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