The American simplicity of Edward Hopper 

What's incredible for me is the fact here you have an American living in one of the busiest areas on Earth and yet he imbues wonderfully a sense of Stillness that is rapturous! For me his Stillness and appreciation of Human Fear, Fear of communicating with other Humans, mark him out as one of the most important Artists not just of the USA but the World!

Very nice appreciation of a great artist, and another testament to the warm and humane talent of the late Morley Safer.

Although I'm sure I saw a few Edward Hopper paintings or reproductions in New York as a child, my real introduction and time spent studying his technique was when I went to school at Northwestern University and would go to the Art Institute of Chicago regularly. I was drawn in to Nighthawks like most who saw it. Would love to see the show!

They always miss the most important thing - other than light theory … is how the highlights reduce mass into simple shapes with the absence of shadows. It like he squinted his eyes at the landscapes and painted with only highlights and shadows and cut out the mid tones. I look at Hopper as reducing the subject to it’s lowest common denominator.

If I could go back in time and there was a painter whom I could ask to paint the Santa Fe Express going from a beautiful colorful countryside into a beautiful town on a beautiful day it would be him. I just like the way he paints, and the mystery that adds to them is a bonus also! Great painter and artist.

Light. Shadow. Solitude. 'Nuff said.

I've really been getting into his style lately I've been painting and practicing I hope one day I could achieve what Edward Hopper did.

“Sun in an Empty Room” is a minimalist abstract painting...disguised as home interior. I wonder if this was to poke fun at Minimalism or as an unintended bit of admiration for it.

The Big Sleep was definitely NOT made in 1939, dear lady. Lauren Bacall, who starred in it, would have been just 15 years old in 1939. The Big Sleep was released in 1946.

I miss Morley

A great interpreter of painting.

I love hoppers work. Without meaning to sound pretentious, there seems to be a feeling of bleakness and solitude to them.

Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, and Andrew Wyeth are some of my favorites. Abstract garbage not for me...

So, how exactly does "American simplicity" differ from anyone else's simplicity?

The American Vermeer

does anyone know what he ate?

how u become a curator ... i wonder 😂 ... hopper had relationship issue with his dear wife ... his works shout that out ... loneliness ... coldness ... solitariness

Morley's voice is totally burned out from decades and decades of heavy cigarette smoking. His throat is coated with thick mucous

MORLEY SAFER, or whatever his fkng name is, is just an actor, and knows ZILCH about Edward Hopper, painting, or anything else. Also, I can't stand the sun logo in the right hand corner. I quit at 1:09