Gail Levin Knihy

This sumptuous book presents the full range of Edward Hopper's work and offers greater access to Edward Hopper, the man, than any other single volume.

This book serves as an invaluable resource for students in studio art classes, delving into the origins of artistic inspiration. Gail Levin provides insightful and stimulating content that encourages exploration of how artists generate their ideas, making it a key reference for understanding the creative process. Walter Hattke, a professor of Fine Arts, highlights its significance in art education.

Focusing on Lee Krasner's vibrant life, this biography reveals her as a pivotal figure in the art world, often overshadowed by her husband, Jackson Pollock. It highlights her contributions and significance as an artist in her own right, asserting her rightful place in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. Through detailed exploration, readers gain insight into her artistic journey and impact, making a compelling case for her recognition beyond her marriage.

The first full length account of Lee Krasner's colourful life.

00 Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hopper's work. In this intimate biography she reveals the true nature and personality of the man himself--and of the woman who shared his life, the artist Josephine Nivison. Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hopper's work. In this intimate biography she reveals the true nature and personality of the man himself--and of the woman who shared his life, the artist Josephine Nivison.

In the art of Edward Hopper, tense unhappy men and women play out mysterious dramas in silent, stripped-down spaces. We wonder: what kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered his art?

A companion volume to Universe's The Poetry of Solitude pairs an array of literary excerpts by such writers as John Updike, William Faulkner, and Lawrence Block with the Hopper works that inspired them.