Edward Hopper’s Village Muses
…the Village intimately connected to Edward Hopper and his paintings, some of which also still stand today. Map showing Hopper-related sites throughout Greenwich Village Edward Hopper was born in Nyack,…
Read More…the Village intimately connected to Edward Hopper and his paintings, some of which also still stand today. Map showing Hopper-related sites throughout Greenwich Village Edward Hopper was born in Nyack,…
Read More…Hopper and generations of other artists. Nighthawks, 1942 Map showing Hopper-related sites throughout Greenwich Village Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882–May 15, 1967) was born in Nyack, New York to a…
Read More…relationship than Edward Hopper, particularly with Greenwich Village. Hopper lived and worked in Greenwich Village during nearly his entire adult life, and drew much inspiration from his surroundings. He rarely painted…
Read More…which celebrates New York, which Edward Hopper described as “the American city that I know best and like most.” For Edward Hopper, New York was a city that existed in the…
Read More…these claims. Edward Hopper‘s Studio at One Washington Square North Edward and Jo Hopper’s charming studio on Washington Square North, which is now owned by NYU and houses much of…
Read More…Edward Hopper and his paintings. Hopper died in 1967 in this studio home two years before the Greenwich Village Historic District was designated. Four sites Hopper featured in his paintings…
Read More…by actress Necar Zadigan. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/billie-holiday-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fbillie-holiday-village-voices-audio Edward Hopper Edward Hopper lived and worked for 53 years at 3 Washington Square North. This is but one of many sites in the Village…
Read MoreWe’ll be the first to admit it: We have Edward Hopper fever. Those who were present at our recent lecture on the artist’s work know the extent of the research…
Read MoreThe Whitney’s life-size window installation of Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’ at the Flatiron Building. Image via ccho/Flickr. Last week the Whitney Museum revealed its 3D cut-out recreation of the noted Edward…
Read More…members through the Whitney’s recent Edward Hopper’s New York exhibit. Now, Village Preservation is excited to bring Jason back to discuss his research on Hopper and his findings as an art historian…
Read MorePainting the Neighborhood: Edward Hopper and Greenwich Village A Panel Discussion One of America’s most compelling artists, Edward Hopper (1882-1967) lived and worked in Greenwich Village from 1913 until his…
Read MoreEdward Hopper July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967 American Painter and Printmaker Hopper painted scenes of cool isolation to respond to an increasingly urban but more socially disconnected New…
Read More…of their escape by Hopper Gibbon’s daughter Lucy Gibbons Morse here. Hopper Gibbons herself was not in New York City during the riots. The dedicated activist was working in the…
Read More…Sloan, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Reginald Marsh, who cemented his love for realism and social satire. Edward Laning, “Breezy Day on the Avenue,” 1930 Edward Laning, “The Good Companions,” 1960 Through his…
Read More…of New York by Quaker abolitionists Isaac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852) and his daughter Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893). The organization’s mission was the “amelioration of the condition of female prisoners.” The…
Read More…were admirers and purchased works for the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Edward Hopper 3 Washington Square North photograph courtesy of Timothy McDarrah When Edward Hopper was…
Read MoreWe were extremely saddened to read on EV Grieve this morning that Cornell Edwards, owner of the Flower Stall at 143 E. 13th St, has passed away. Cornell opened The…
Read MoreEdward Albee “I’d read about the Village, how Bohemian it was, and after getting thrown out of college, couldn’t wait to get here.” So were the words of groundbreaking playwright…
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
Posted April 12, 2021
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
Read More…Square Park, the setting was ideal for both his work and that of his wife, the painter Jo Hopper, who worked alongside him. Photograph of Edward Hopper in his Washington…
Read More…Full details online here. 12pm- 3pm Special Tour: The Edward Hopper House The Edward Hopper Studio was the home and studio of Edward Hopper from 1913 until his death in…
Read More…Art has taken up residence downtown once again in the Meatpacking District. 1 Washington Square North is the former home and studio of the great American painter, Edward Hopper. Hopper…
Read MoreNighthawks by Edward Hopper (1942). This post is part of a series about Village intersections that correspond to the date. In July, we took a look at 7th Avenue and…
Read More…Cunningham John W. Draper Bob Dylan Martha Graham Lorraine Hansberry Billie Holiday Edward Hopper Jane Jacobs Larry Kramer Helen Levitt Edna St. Vincent Millay Joan Mitchell Joe Papp Charlie Parker…
Read More…has written about Glackens, Edward Hopper, James McNeil Whistler, and others. Former location on Madison Avenue source: whitney.org So now that the Whitney has opened downtown, revisit its original incarnation…
Read More…people, brought together and focused by this new building and the experience of art.” Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morning (1930) Willem de Kooning, “Woman and Bicycle” (1952-53) (Courtesy: The Whitney)…
Read More…Symbolists, Postimpressionists, Fauves, and Cubists. Many artists on display hailed from Greenwich Village. Villager Edward Hopper, whose studio was located at 3 Washington Square North, exhibited his famous painting “Sailing.”…
Read More…criminal justice system. The house is named for Isaac T. Hopper, the Quaker Abolitionist and reformer who founded the WPA. Hopper’s daughter, Abigail Hopper Gibbons, was the first president of…
Read More…Home of the Women’s Prison Association, a reform organization founded in 1845 by Issac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852) and his daughter Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893), who sought to better the lives…
Read More…Square North is also well known for some famous residents. The Realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper, along with his wife Josephine Hopper, lived in a studio on the top…
Read More…also well known for some famous historical residents. The Realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper, along with his wife Josephine Hopper, lived in a studio on the top floor of…
Read More…and even assumed that this building was the inspiration for the iconic Edward Hopper painting “Nighthawks at the Diner.” Nighthawks However, GVSHP’s research on the subject would suggest this was…
Read More…but eventually transformed in the late 1970s to the handling center and garden we see today. And for all you Edward Hopper aficionados out there who may have enjoyed our…
Read More…Draper, Martha Graham, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Hopper, Helen Levitt, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joan Mitchell, Joe Papp, Charlie “Bird” Parker, Jackson Pollock, Leontyne Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Maurice Sendak, Patti Smith,…
Read More…Avenue; Map data © 2019 Google 9. Isaac T. Hopper and Abigail Hopper Gibbons House, 110 Second Avenue Isaac T. Hopper was a Quaker abolitionist first active in the Philadelphia anti-slavery…
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he photographed hundreds of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, but also in Harlem and Upper Manhattan….
Read More…Hopper House NYC LPC Designation Report Isaac T. Hopper House State and National Register Report Isaac T. Hopper House State and National Register Photos Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater…
Read More…Isaac T. Hopper, the Quaker Abolitionist and reformer who founded the WPA. His daughter, Abigail Hopper Gibbons served as the Association’s first president. In its first year alone more than…
Read More…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
Posted July 18, 2023
Read More…The History of 101 Avenue A Webster Hall A Connection Between Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morning The South Village The Far West Village After the Kimmel Center Gansevoort Market Stonewall…
Read More…Rebels on Eighth Street: Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art; James McNeill Whistler; and Edward Hopper’s New York. At present, she has organized and overseen the first…
Read More…else to turn. Among those indebted to Juliana Force and Gertrude Whitney were Village artists John Sloan, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, and Isamu Noguchi. In particular, Ms….
Read More…who called our neighborhoods home, from Berenice Abbott to Jean-Michel Basquiat; Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin; Bob Dylan to Billie Holiday; Edward Hopper to Edna St. Vincent Millay; and many…
Read More…Women Most Charming Spots Social Change Champions Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward…
Read More…Homes and Haunts. The tour’s 146 stops focuses on a wide range of individuals, including photographer Berenice Abbott (who lived at 50 Commerce Street), pai`nter Edward Hopper (3 Washington Square…
Read More…Edward Hopper panel, speaker Linda Yowell’s dramatic slides of the destruction caused by the 1917 extension of Seventh Avenue elicited great interest from the crowd. We thought it would be…
Read More…Street (the likely inspiration for Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morning), 75 1/2 Bedford Street (the narrowest house in the Village), Gay Street, and more. Some photos date to the early…
Read More…architecturally significant enough to warrant landmark designation; however, there is also evidence to indicate that they may have served as the inspiration for the renowned Edward Hopper painting Early Sunday Morning (1930)….
Read More…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
Posted July 18, 2023
Read More…most are owned and occupied by NYU. Edward Hopper’s home and studio was located in 3 Washington Square North from 1913 until his death in 1967, in one of those…
Read More…Champions Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music…
Read More…1916 he studied at the Art Students League under Kenneth Hayes Miller alongside Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, and Alexander Calder. Kuniyoshi’s first solo exhibition was in 1922 at the Daniel Gallery…
Read More…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
Posted July 18, 2023
Read More…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
Posted July 18, 2023
Read More…history from it. Find out which storefront served as inspiration for an Edward Hopper painting, which one was the site of the founding of the country’s largest bank, and which…
Read More…history from it. Find out which storefront served as inspiration for an Edward Hopper painting, which one was the site of the founding of the country’s largest bank, and which…
Read More…Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music Venues African-American History LGBTQ Sites Pineapples, Pinecones, and…
Read More…conflict of World War I. Post-War Village Edward Hopper, Chop Suey. Image courtesy of Ephemeral New York. WWI had a liberating effect on social norms both inside and outside…
Read More…Women Most Charming Spots Social Change Champions Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward…
Read More…that evokes scenes by past painters of the Village such as William Glackens and Edward Hopper. A resident of the same Second Avenue apartment for four decades, her sensibilities are perfectly…
Read More…2010 Tiles for America Now, as many readers are aware, Mulry Square is no ordinary vacant lot. Not only has it been for years falsely speculated that Edward Hopper based…
Read More…diner in the Village which may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s painting “Nighthawks” HERE. Please share with us any recollections or stories you may have of either…
Read More…still manage retain their early New York character. There is also evidence that they may have served as the inspiration for the renowned Edward Hopper painting Early Sunday Morning (1930)….
Read More…notes was home to the likes of Tomas Paine, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry James, Ida Tarbell, Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Hopper. Although novel and notable in…
Read More…Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music Venues African-American History LGBTQ Sites Pineapples, Pinecones and Acorns of the Village Musicians’ Homes Movie and TV Show Locations Wood…
Read More…the Grid for an update at that time! In the meantime, it is thought this building and its two neighbors to the south are the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s Early…
Read More…the Village. Sloan, along with Edward Hopper, was among the many artists who lived and worked in the Village during the war and for many years after it. Backyards, Greenwich…
Read More…for New York’s elite. Novelists Henry James and Edith Wharton; and artists Edward Hopper, William Glackens, and Thomas Eakins all lived here at one time or another. But the Village…
Read More…Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Hopper. Although novel and notable in its scope, the district and its designation report reflect the different civic and social priorities of…
Read More…Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Hopper. Although novel and notable in its scope, the district and its designation report reflect the different civic and social priorities of…
Read More…Beyond the Village and Back: Penn Station September Many Layers of History at 9th Street and 5th Avenue November Nighthawks by Edward Hopper (1942). Many Layers of History at 7th…
Read More…running play in history, The Fantasticks. It’s where progressive education began, at Little Red Schoolhouse. It’s home to the likely inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting, “Early Sunday Morning.” (counterclockwise…
Read More…and of course shop. It also doesn’t hurt when your storefront was immortalized in an Edward Hopper painting. The store is fully open today. Finally, the question to ask a…
Read More…Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music Venues…
Read More…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
Posted July 28, 2023
Read More…Place in the Sun. Archive of sketches, studies and other materials created or collected by Edward Laning and Mary Fife. Mary Fife Laning (August 26, 1900 – December 1990) was…
Read More…membership furthermore included labor activist and educator Edward King, attorney and activist Edward Warren Ordway, journalist Jacob Riis, economist E.R.A. Seligman, journalist and editor Albert Shaw, and public parks and…
Read MoreGreenwich Village To Day. Map drawn by Robert Edwards, 1925. Image via the Harry Ransom Center. Geography has never been my forte. I’ve been lost more times than I can…
Read More…show horses and ponies dominated the sales. By this time Edward Kearney Senior had passed and his son, Edward W., had taken his father’s place. It was Edward W. who…
Read More…changed. In 1859 Edward Eaton, John Kavana, and Louis M. Sturtevant—all carpenters—were living here and volunteering as well. Hugh King In 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both townhouses…
Read More…produced by the guitar and bass team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, who formed the core and creative heart of the New York City-based Chic. As we’ve previously written,…
Read More…policy work. Founded in 1845 by abolitionist and activist Abby Hopper Evans and her father Isaac T. Hopper, the WPA has deep roots in our neighborhoods. Hopper Home, the WPA’s…
Read More…City’s and the East Village’s immigrant history. 345 East 4th Street This structure was originally built in 1891-92 and designed by Edward Wenz for the Church of St. Elizabeth of…
Read More…In the mid-1940s, Edward Faicco’s grandsons, Thomas and Edward J. Faicco, purchased 260 Bleecker Street and made it the new home of their family’s pork shop with their sister Ann….
Read More…have since become symbols of urban elegance, embodying a unique blend of industrial strength and artistic beauty. Among those who have masterfully captured this architectural splendor is photographer Edward LaGrassa….
Read More…mores dictated at the time, she either needed to be wed or be relegated to the “old maid” dustbin of society. She was eventually married in 1887 to Edward Wharton,…
Read More…street namings was Cornell Edwards Way in 2012. Edwards, the always-visible owner of the beloved East Village shop, the Flower Stall, at 143 East 13th Street passed away in 2011….
Read More…name was Edward Everett Tanner III (May 18, 1921 – November 6, 1976), a millionaire. The story was reincarnated over and over again, as a stage play, a movie (which…
Read MoreFrom left: Washington Square North, the Hopper Gibbons House, and Colonnade Row. On March 25, 1821, the Greek War for Independence began, leading to the establishment of the modern nation…
Read More…the many reasons that Village Preservation is advocating for landmark designation for this endangered but historic neighborhood. Kenneth Hayes Miller, Shopper, 1928, oil on linen. Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of…
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