The Fondation Beyeler’s 2020 spring exhibition will show works by Edward Hopper (1882–1967), one of the 20th century’s most important American painters. Hopper was born in Nyack, New York. After training as an illustrator, he studied painting at the New York School of Art until 1906. Next to German, French and Russian literature, the young artist found key reference points in painters such as Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet.
The exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler will focus on Hopper’s iconic representations of the infinite expanse of American landscapes and cityscapes. To date, this aspect has rarely been highlighted in exhibitions devoted to Edward Hopper, yet it is key to understanding his work and its reception. With watercolors and oil paintings dating from the 1910s to the 1960s, the exhibition will provide an extensive and exciting overview of the multifaceted nature of Edward Hopper’s oeuvre.
Organized by the Fondation Beyeler in cooperation with the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the major repository of Hopper’s work.
A further highlight of the exhibition will be the screening of Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper, a 3D short film by renowned director and photographer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire; Don’t Come Knocking). Inspired by Edward Hopper’s “American spirit”, the film will be shown in spectacular 3D projection.
The movie was made possible thanks to the support of BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation and LUMA Foundation.
Note
The film "Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper", created for the exhibition, is screened three times per hour. Each screening is limited to 40 viewers. Face masks are mandatory inside the screening space. Masks are provided at the entrance to the space.The last screening takes place at 5.20 p.m. and Wednesdays at 7.20 p.m..
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Edward Hopper. A Fresh Look at Landscape –
Catalogue of the 2020 exhibition
The catalogue gathers together all the paintings, watercolors and drawings from the 1920s to 1960s on display in the exhibition and supplements them with essay foccused on the subject of depicting landscape.
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Edward Hopper. A to Z – Everything you've always wanted to know about Hopper
In this wonderful, simpley structured A-Z book, Ulf Küster pursues themes which say a great deal about the painter and his interests. and yet he never loses sight of the artist and the necessary distance to his inimitable pictures.
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Edward Hopper - Second Story Sunlight, 1960 - Liven up your walls
To keep the impressions of your visit fresh in your mind and art a presence in your daily life, too, the Fondation Beyeler offers a variety of reproductions of works from the exhibition. Find your favorite artwork in the Shop and enjoy it within your own four walls!
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