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ChazInAz

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5. This painting has always intrigued me.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 12:48 PM

Nov 2019

The buildings in the foreground and background have the typical stark Hopper look.
Yet the interior of the foreground office and the mid-ground buildings share the same color palette and sense of architectural detail. There is so much going on in this painting.

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What's Better Than Seeing a Hopper Painting? Sleeping in One [View all] demmiblue Nov 2019 OP

Edward Hopper is one of my most favorite painters. madaboutharry Nov 2019 #1

Mine, too. Aristus Nov 2019 #2

My favorite is madaboutharry Nov 2019 #3

I like that one, too. Aristus Nov 2019 #4

This painting really speaks to me. madaboutharry Nov 2019 #7

What is it about the painting that is special and speaks to you? Aristus Nov 2019 #8

I think it is because life is like this so much of the time. madaboutharry Nov 2019 #9

Interesting. I get the exact opposite impression. Aristus Nov 2019 #10

That is the beauty of art. madaboutharry Nov 2019 #11

I agree. Aristus Nov 2019 #12

This painting has always intrigued me. ChazInAz Nov 2019 #5

A book I have on critiques of his painting point out the notable differences in the Aristus Nov 2019 #6