What is Nighthawks?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Painting | image_file=Nighthawks by Edward Hopper 1942.jpg | title=Nighthawks | artist=[[Edward Hopper]] | year=1942 | type=[[Oil painting]] | height_metric=84.1 | width_metric=152.4 | metric_unit=cm | height_imperial={{frac|33|1|8}} | width_imperial=60 | imperial_unit=in | city=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | museum=[[Art Institute of Chicago]] }} '''''Nighthawks''''' is an [[oil painting]]. It was painted by American realist painter [[Edward Hopper]] in 1942. The picture shows two people sitting in a [[diner]] late at night. It is Hopper's most famous work. It is one of the most recognizable paintings in [[Visual art of the United States|American art]]. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] for $3,000. It hangs in the Institute. [[Category:1940s paintings]] [[Category:American paintings]] [[Category:1942 works]] {{stub}}