Large horizontal axis decor wall calendar, 55 x 46 cm, with double wire spiral binding. Twelve compelling paintings by Hopper are reproduced as large images, one for each month with the dates shown in a line below. Printed in Germany by Korsch Verlag.
Please note this calendar is larger and heavier than a standard wall calendar, so it is only priced for purchase within Australia. Because of its size and weight there may be a surcharge to send it overseas. So if you are outside Australia please email us for an exact shipping quote before placing your order.
The art –
A gentle melancholy hangs over the scenes that the American painter Edward Hopper captures on canvas. Grandiose landscapes, everyday spaces in the big city and just a few people are the protagonists of his pictures. With strictly defined lines and an intensive play of light and shadow, what is probably the most important realist of the 20th century comments on the isolation and alienation of people in the modern world.
Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolourist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.