Author: Gerry Souter

Publisher/Date: Parkstone, 2007, 1st printing

Format/Condition: NEW large hardcover book with dust jacket, 255 pages, profusely illustrated. Measures 10 ½ x 13 inches.

Description: An artist himself and the author of more than twenty books, Gerry Souter here looks at the paintings of Edward Hopper, as well as watercolors and etchings, and parallels Hopper’s work with his life. Souter finds in his chilly palette and anonymous figures a reflection of the national mood of the Great Depression along with the artist’s personal reticence and alienation. Souter also explores Hopper’s mastery of metaphor and his cinematic sense of composition.

More than 130 works are presented here, among them a number of two-page reproductions, including Summer, Early Sunday Morning, and Nighthawks.