एक मिजाज चुनें और कमरा स्वयं उसका उत्तर देता है — रोशनी ठंडी या गर्म हो जाती है, हवा की गति बदल जाती है, और अंधेरे से केवल वही कलाकृतियाँ उभरकर सामने आती हैं जिनमें वह अहसास समाहित होता है। बाकी सब परछाइयों में ओझल हो जाता है।
Early Life, Family and Training Nyack, New York, provides the setting for the beginning of Edward Hopper's life. Born on July 22, 1882, he enters a middle-class household as one of two children. His parents, Elizabeth Griffiths Smith and Garret Henry Hopper, shape his early environment. The household is a space dominated by women, including his mother, grandmother, sister, and a maid. His father, a dry-goods merchant, provides a stable
upbringing for the family. Artistic interest emerges early. By age ten, Edward Hopper begins signing and dating his drawings. These initial efforts consist of charcoal sketches of geometric shapes, bowls, and cups. His training moves from these private observations toward formal instruction. He studies at the New York School of Art, absorbing the approaches of Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase. In 1900, he focuses his studies on…