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Nighthawks

Edward Hopper, a twentieth-century American artist, was well-known for his realistic portrayal of modern life.  Hopper’s most famous painting, Nighthawks, was painted in 1942 and now is located at the Art Institute of Chicago.  Nighthawks depicts lonely people sitting in an urban diner at night.       

                         

LINCCWeb Online Catalog – Search Term

  • Hopper, Edward (Subject)

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

  • N6537 .H6
  • ND237 .H75

Circulating Books and Resources – A Selected List

  • Berkow, Ita.  Edward Hopper: A Modern ( American) Master. 1999.

                            Call Number: ND237 .H75 B47 1999

  • Levin, Gail.  Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist. 1980.

                          Call Number: ND237 .H75 A4 1980

  • Levin, Gail.  Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography. 1998.

                            Call Number: N6537 .H6  L48 1998

  • Lyons, Deborah.  Edward Hopper and the American Imagination. 1995.

                           Call Number: ND237 .H75 A4 1995

  • Marker, Sherry. Edward Hopper. 1990.

                           Call Number: N6537 .H6 M35 1990

  • Strand, Mark.  Hopper. 2001.

                          Call Number: ND237 .H75 S76 2001

Reference Materials

  • Art History (Revised Second Edition) - (by Stokstad).  2005. 

                            Call Number: REF  N5300 .S923 2005                              

o   Pg. 1071

  • Gardner’s Art Through the Ages (Twelfth Edition). 2005.

                          Call Number: REF N5300 .G25 2005 

o      Pg. 1024

  • Great Artists of the Western World: American Artists. 1987.

                         Call Number: REF N40 .G77 1987

o   Vol. 9, pgs. 118-119, 126-127

  • Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History. 2000.

                      Call Number: REF N5300 .F64 2000

o   Pgs. 330-331

Research Databases

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  • Academic Search Complete
  • Art Full Text
  • JSTOR
  • Oxford Art Online

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