Edward Hopper is one of America's best-loved artists. Robert
Hughes, the author of American Visions: The Epic History of Art
in America, wrote that "Edward Hopper was the quintessential
realist painter of twentieth-century America." Hopper was born
in Nyack, New York, in 1882. He studied at the New York School
of Illustrating, and at the more prestigious New York School of
Art. Here he studied under American realist Robert Henri. After
his studies at the NY School of Art, Edward Hopper went on to
study in Paris. This was 1906, at a key time in the development
of modern art. It took a long time for Hopper to experience
commercial success. He struggled for years, surviving as an
illustrator. His first success as a painter came in 1924 when he
sold out a show at the Rehn Gallery in New York. This is the
year he painted The House by the Railroad, one of his most
famous works. Hopper's most well-known works of art include: -
Approaching a City 1946 oil on canvas. In the Phillips
Collection, Washington, D.C. - The