Edward Hopper

New York Times Notable BookLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWall Street JournalOne of Five Best Artist Biographies Edward Hoppers canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hoppers work. In this intimate biography she reveals the true nature and personality of the man himselfand of the woman who shared his life, the artist Josephine Nivison.