"The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper as Illustrator"

On view at Norman Rockwell Museum through October 26, 2014 Exhibition video produced by Bill Killon for Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved. Many noted American modernists have successfully traversed the worlds of fine art and illustration, embracing innovation while satisfying in unique and personal ways the needs and wants of a broad popular audience. "The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper" as Illustrator presents a unique and comprehensive study of the little-known twenty year illustration career of the realist master. Attitudes toward art and the crosscurrents of contemporary commercial society during the early to mid-twentieth century will be explored in this exhibition, which seeks to provide an integrated understanding of Hopper’s published and personal art. “The Unknown Hopper” will present a comprehensive study of Edward Hopper’s nearly 20- year illustration career, featuring more than 50 original drawings and paintings by Hopper. These include important works from the Whitney Museum of American Art, through a bequest from the artist’s wife, Josephine N. Hopper; New Britain Museum of American Art; Mead Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and other collections. For more information: www.nrm.org