Hopper Basic Art by Rolf G Renner

Hopper Basic Art by Rolf G Renner

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is considered the first significant American painter in 20th-century art. After decades of patient work, Hopper enjoyed a success and popularity that since the 1950s has continually grown. In canvas after canvas he painted the loneliness of big-city people. Many of Hopper's pictures represent views of streets and roads, rooftops, and abandoned houses, depicted in a brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy mood of the scenes. Hopper's paintings are marked by striking juxtapositions of colour, and by the clear contours with which the figures are demarcated from their surroundings. His extremely precise focus on the theme of modern men and women in the natural and man-made environment sometimes lends his pictures a mood of eerie disquiet. On the other hand, Hopper's renderings of rocky landscapes in warm brown hues, or his depictions of the seacoast, exude an unusual tranquillity that reveals another, more optimistic side of his character.

Renner, Rolf G.: - Rolf G. Renner, born in 1945, earned his doctorate in 1976, and has taught at the universities of Gü¾¦˜¼ttingen and Munich (Germany), Charlottesville (Virginia), and Columbia (New York). Since 1988, he has served as professor at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Numerous of his articles have appeared in various magazines and journals.

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ISBN 13	9783822859858
ISBN 10	3822859850
Title	Hopper Basic Art
Author	Rolf G Renner
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taschen GmbH
Year published	2000-05-26
Number of pages	96
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