The mansard roof was created in 1923 by edward hopper in new realism style.
Edward hopper mansard roof.
Original subject of edward hopper s mansard roof painting as it looks today.
Edward hopper 1882 1967 described rocky neck as the residential district where the old sea captains had their houses he painted the mansard roof here in 1923.
Edward hopper american 1882 1967.
They married a year later.
Artist or artist s estate photo.
Watercolor over graphite on paper 13 7 8 x 20 in.
In this painting as is evident hopper had yet to develop the clean almost two dimensional style for which he later became known with his paintings of automats swimming pools and other features of modern life.
It has been suggested that edward hopper s wife jo nivison hopper rather than edward himself painted cape cod barn.
Jo hopper an unsuccessful painter met edward when he was forty one and she forty.
Mansard roof is an intriguing work by edward hopper as it was painted relatively early on in his career before he became famous.
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