In this street of homes are some of the houses that inspired the work of Edward Hopper when he spent summers in Gloucester, Mass., in the 1920s. But the piece that put Hopper on the map is a ...

In 1923, Edward Hopper escaped the summer heat of New York City to take up temporary residence in a Gloucester boarding house. During his stay the artist — who turned 41 that summer — created a series ...

The Dayton Art Institute’s presentation of “The Quiet World of Edward Hopper” continues through Sept. 8. One of America’s most renowned artists, Hopper’s images of urban and rural environments helped ...

Painting did not come easily to Edward Hopper. Each canvas represented a long, morose gestation spent in solitary thought. There were no sweeping brushstrokes from a fevered hand, no electrifying ...