Edward Hopper 1882-1967 American, From Williamsburg Bridge 1928,oil on canvas
In from Williamsburg Bridge,Hopper depicts the austere façades of four apartment buildings and reduces the suspension steel bridge that gives the painting its name to the margins.Completed in 1903 and connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan,the structure is indicated only by the unobtrusive taking rising at a slight diagonal along the bottom of the canvas.As opposed to focusing on the bridge that facilitates movement in and out of the city,Hopper creates and image absent of noise or motion.He emphasizes the alienation and anonymity of urban life by including a single figure,a woman sitting alone in a top story window.
Edward Hopper 1882-1967 American, From Williamsburg Bridge 1928,oil on canvas
In from Williamsburg Bridge,Hopper depicts the austere façades of four apartment buildings and reduces the suspension steel bridge that gives the painting its name to the margins.Completed in 1903 and connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan,the structure is indicated only by the unobtrusive taking rising at a slight diagonal along the bottom of the canvas.As opposed to focusing on the bridge that facilitates movement in and out of the city,Hopper creates and image absent of noise or motion.He emphasizes the alienation and anonymity of urban life by including a single figure,a woman sitting alone in a top story window.