Happy Birthday Dear Edward Hopper!

It’s American artist Edward Hopper’s birthday today (b. 1882 -1967).  He came from a well off Middle class family.  His teachers were William Merrit Chase  the impressionist and also John Sloan and Robert Henri.  Sloan and Henri were two of the ‘Eight’ or ‘Ashcan school of American art.  The Ashcan painters depicted realistic aspects of