Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)
1942
On view — Gallery 262 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
About Nighthawks Edward Hopper recollected, “unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.” In an all-night diner, three customers sit at the counter opposite a server, each appear to be lost in thought and disengaged from one another. The composition is tightly organized…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 84.1 × 152.4 cm (33 1/8 × 60 in.)
- Origin
- United States