In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Created using cold colours and inhabited by anonymous characters, Hopper's paintings also symbolically reflect the Great Depression. Through a series of different reproductions (etchings, watercolours, and oil-on-canvas paintings), as well as thematic and artistic analysis, the author sheds new light on the enigmatic and tortured world of this outstanding figure.

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1;Contents;5
2;Introduction;7
3;Emergence - A World of Light and Shadow;11
3.1;Paris, Impressionists, and True Love;16
4;Turning Points;27
4.1;Return, Rejection, and Flight;27
4.2;On his Terms;34
4.3;Changing Times;38
4.4;Searching Afield, Finding New Tools;53
4.5;Redemption in Black and White;60
5;Love, Marriage, and Watercolour;75
5.1;New Victories, New Adventures;89
5.2;On the Road with Ed and Jo;107
6;Lives of a Grand Old Icon;131
6.1;Rise and Decline;131
6.2;Fame, Honour, and Conflict;143
6.3;Confrontation - 1940s;150
6.4;Personal Vision;171
6.5;The Comedians;184
7;Bibliography;196
8;Index;197