The great American realist Edward Hopper filled his canvases with sinister houses and blank-eyed people, with otherworldly lighting and naked women in motel rooms and theater dancers and movie usherettes and people waiting in lobbies. Hopper's people inhabit an eerie, silent world that hypnotizes viewers.

Edward Hopper was one of the most prominent American realist painters of the twentieth century. This comprehensive encyclopedia is a cross-referenced guide to Hopper's life and art. More than 200 entries focus on his oeuvre, including his most noteworthy oil paintings, watercolors and etchings. The remaining entries highlight individuals central to Hopper's life and career, places where he created art, as well as relevant art terminology. The 350 entries offer a quick and easy source for information for teachers, students, museum and gallery devotees, as well as anyone interested in learning about Hopper.

American painter Edward Hopper once said, "Maybe I am not very human--what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house." Indeed, Hopper's canvases delineate a new physics of Modern public space, in which the zones between people are not charged with responsiveness (affection, animosity, attraction) but with absolute indifference. Whether alone or grouped, Hopper's solitary figures bespeak Modern metropolitan conditions with a clarity that is deepened by his very specific ability to capture architecture, interior space and, of course, light. The legacy of this vision, coupled with Hopper's unique vocabulary, can be seen in the work of numerous artists today, who are also featured here. Among them are Ed Ruscha, Jim Jarmusch, Todd Haynes, Richard Prince, Rachel Whiteread, Jeff Wall, Markus Schinwald, Philip Lorca diCorcia, David Claerbout, Mark Lewis and Tim Eitel.

A guide to understanding Vincent van Gogh, examining the truths and myths about his life, explaining the Impressionist movement with which his work is associated, and discussing his unique style of painting. Includes over sixty-five illustrations.

Reissued in a sumptuous color edition, an acclaimed examination of the American realist's art by a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. poet laureate features 30 brief, expressive essays that accompany and lyrically explore several of Hopper's definitive paintings.

The most up-to-date monograph on the greatest painter of modern American life.

A delightful account of Edward Hopper's sojourns in Vermont with his wife, Jo, illustrated by the watercolors and drawings that he made there

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 23-Oct. 6, 2013; Dallas Museum of Art, Nov. 17, 2013-Feb. 16, 2014; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Mar. 15-June 22, 2014.

The complete watercolors of arguably America's best and probably America's most "American" artist.