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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.
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His most famous painting, Nighthawks (1942), epitomizes his interest in the quiet, introspective moments of everyday life. Despite a slow start, Hopper achieved significant recognition by the 1920s, with his work becoming a staple in major American museums.
Nighthawks: Oil on canvas: 1942: Art Institute of Chicago: 84.1 cm × 152.4 cm (33 1/8 in. × 60 in.) Dawn in Pennsylvania: Oil on canvas: Terra Foundation for American Art: Hotel Lobby: Oil on canvas: 1943: Indianapolis Museum of Art: 81.9 cm × 103.5 cm (32 1/4 in. × 40 3/4 in.) Summertime: Oil on canvas: 1943: Delaware Art Museum: Saltillo ...
Nighthawks (1942) is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous painting, but one of the most recognizable in American art. It is currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Rembrandt, The Night Watch or The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, 1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814 Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889, Museum of Modern Art, New York Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois René Magritte, The Empire of Light, c ...