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Edward Hopper

1882 - 1967

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Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realism painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in depicting modern American life and landscapes. Born in Nyack, New York, to a middle-class family, Hopper's early interest in art was supported by his parents. He studied at the New York School of Art under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri, where he developed a signature style characterized by its emphasis on solitude, light, and shadow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Hopper is the 140th most popular painter (up from 166th in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from United States (down from 446th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Painter.

Edward Hopper is most famous for his paintings of lonely, isolated people in the American landscape.

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Among painters, Edward Hopper ranks 140 out of 2,023. Before him are André Derain, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Mark Rothko, Charles Le Brun, Mary Cassatt, and Jean-Léon Gérôme. After him are Émile Bernard, Lili Elbe, Man Ray, Lavinia Fontana, Antonello da Messina, and Édouard-Henri Avril.

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Among people born in 1882, Edward Hopper ranks 23. Before him are Kurt von Schleicher, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Melanie Klein, Abd el-Krim, James Franck, and Fiorello H. La Guardia. After him are Zoltán Kodály, Lili Elbe, Getúlio Vargas, Emmerich Kálmán, Umberto Boccioni, and Princess Marie Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1967, Edward Hopper ranks 14. Before him are Albert Lutuli, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ed White, Spencer Tracy, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Vladimir Komarov. After him are Zoltán Kodály, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Clement Attlee, Claude Rains, Ilse Koch, and André Maurois.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Hopper ranks 447 out of 20,380. Before him are Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Nina Simone (1933), Rachel Carson (1907), Philip Kotler (1931), and Lou Henry Hoover (1874). After him are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Nancy Reagan (1921), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Bill Nelson (1942), Eli Wallach (1915), and John Rawls (1921).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Edward Hopper ranks 5. Before him are Bob Ross (1942), Jackson Pollock (1912), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), and Mary Cassatt (1844). After him are Man Ray (1890), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), and Lyonel Feininger (1871).

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