[MD] Edward Hopper - an aside

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Dear Marsha

29 Jan.you wrote:

> I had never paid much attention to Hopper.  Since Bo mentioned him, I
> thought I might take a closer look.  I was able to obtain a 30 minute
> dvd created by the National Gallery of Art on Hopper and his work. 
> The Artist was and his paintings are remarkable!  And there was even a
> few minutes of explanation by Eric Fischl.

Yes, Hopper is a remarkable painter, his city (by night preferably) 
scenes are best characterized as "eerie". There is the one called 
"Nighthawks", it's not like the French Impressionists' bar scenes 
(Manet) where he tries to catch every reflection and glint from 
glasses and bottles. Hopper's bar and other interiors are almost 
austere, his paintings more about "humankind's irredeemable 
loneliness" I will check out National Gallery's on him come 
weekend and the broadband connection at home (my studio is a 
timber cabin out of town with just the narrowest band and road 
possible ;-) .    

Bo