Nighthawks (Hopper) in the context of "Visual art of the United States"

Play Trivia Questions online!

 or

Skip to study material about Nighthawks (Hopper) in the context of "Visual art of the United States"

⭐ Core Definition: Nighthawks (Hopper)

Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape.

The painting has been described as Hopper's best-known work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. Classified as part of the American Realism movement, within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000 (equivalent to $57,730 in 2024).

↓ Menu

In this Dossier

Nighthawks (Hopper) in the context of Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago is a private, nonprofit art museum in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Founded in 1879, it is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. The museum is based in the Art Institute of Chicago Building in Chicago's Grant Park. Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, includes works such as Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, and Grant Wood's American Gothic. Its permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works of art is augmented by more than 30 special exhibitions mounted yearly that illuminate aspects of the collection and present curatorial and scientific research. The land of the institute is publicly owned by the city of Chicago and administered by the Chicago Park District.

↑ Return to Menu
LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Art Institute of Chicago
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Edward Hopper → Diner → Visual art of the United States → American Realism → Art Institute of Chicago →