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| Artist | Edward Hopper |
| Year | 1942 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | American realism |
| Dimensions | 84 cm × 152 cm (33.1 in × 60.0 in) |
| Location | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago |
Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape.
The painting has been described as Hopper's best-known work[1] and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art.[2][3] Classified as part of the American Realism movement, within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000.
- ^ Ian Chilvers and Harold Osborne (Eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of Art Oxford University Press, 1997 (second edition), p. 273, ISBN 0-19-860084-4 "The central theme of his work is the loneliness of city life, generally expressed through one or two figures in a spare setting - his best-known work, Nighthawks, has an unusually large 'cast' with four."
- ^ Hopper's Nighthawks, Smarthistory video, accessed April 29, 2013.
- ^ Brooks, Katherine (July 22, 2012). "Happy Birthday, Edward Hopper!". The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2013.