Edward Hopper's Image Study Of Figures

Looking back at the history of American art from the late 19 th century to the20 th century,Edward hopper(1882-1967)has always been an American realist painter that we can't get around.Around the 20 th century,the trend of art trends in the United States rose and fell,so the choice of artists is particularly important.Hopper in this art trend in the era of the sharp collision,also gradually formed its own mature artistic style and ideas,and at the same time he have other realist painter,is unique,through his own works of art show themselves to the world vision unceasingly,from the landscape painting painting to the character image,hopper constantly looking for more able to express their inner life form of painting,his art has become a important and meaningful research object.The article is divided into five parts: the first part is the introduction.The author will explain the reasons and significance of the topic,the research status at home and abroad,the key points and difficulties of the research,the innovation of the research and the research methods.The second part: the interpretation of the figure images in Edward hopper's works,and the statistical data to support this phenomenon,through the chart reflected by the problem of the emergence of hopper's figure painting factors trace back to the source.The third and the fourth part is the main part of the paper,in which the third part: by way of composition,light,color,and characters to the hopper character image art characteristics of the analysis of the system,this paper hopper character image painting how to distinguish it from other artists painting characters,further illustrate the social factors impact on the creation of the painter.The fourth part: through the hopper figure painting theme and content,analysis of hopper "self-portrait" tendency in the images of the characters,explore the individual spirit in work of hopper,the painter by depicting a person with the image of a group of people to express the idea of self,figure painting and hopper inner "self-portrait",explore the painter writing content and form of shift from the side also reflects the social factors affect the artist's thinking about social and personal status change.The fifth part:summarize and explain the important influence of hopper's artistic concept and form of expression on painting,photography and film.