Monday, April 20, 2009

Hopper

Many of us are familiar with the paintings of the American realist Edward Hopper, but his commercial graphic work is not so well known. Personally I find more satisfaction in this of his work than his well known oeuvre. But that's just me.

 I feel that Batman is lurking in the shadows

Evocative enough to make me seasick


It's so gratifying to see the thing an artist interprets:

A smaller version of a Joan of Arc sculpture in NYC
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3 comments:

  1. Daniel [oeconomist.com]April 21, 2009 at 1:01 AM

    Bruce Wayne was only about three years old in 1921! What was he doing lurking in the shadows at that age?

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  2. Thomas Haller BuchananApril 21, 2009 at 5:58 AM

    Now now you're being literal. And besides, I remember stories of his father as the first Batman. And besides it may have been graphics like these that inspired the young Bob Kane.

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  3. Clutch NeedyApril 21, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    I had no idea Hopper did commercial work. Very nice.

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