Hopper at Hirshhorn

Edward Hopper - First Row Orchestra, 1951
oil on canvas

They say Hopper depicts the loneliness in a crowd, the loneliness in a couple. Actually he depicts a universe. He's looking inside it, inside this universe: sometimes he discovers the loneliness there. He renders us this loneliness with discretion. But... he does not force things. He looks slowly inside this universe. Sometimes he finds there loneliness. He is patient, waiting.


Look at this painting... It is good that I posted first the painting of Kuhn, The Tragic Comedians. Hopper and Kuhn tell us the same truth: our life is a tragic comedy and we realize it sometimes.

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(Hirshhorn Museum)

(Hopper)