Edward Hopper - Nighthawks

Nighthawks

Artist:             Edward Hopper

Title:                  Nighthawks

Year:                   1942

Medium:            Oil on canvas

Location:        Art Institute of Chicago, US

Dimensions:     84.1 x 152.4 cm

Nighthawks is a painting from 1942 by American artist Edward Hopper. It is an oil painting on canvas. The painting Nighthawk is at the art institute of Chicago. 

Details: The painting shows an all night dinner in which three thought lost guests have gathered. Hopper´s understanding of the possibilities of expressing the play of light on simplified forms gives the painting its beauty.