* This monograph illuminates the life and work of one of Americas most celebrated artists, Edward Hopper
* Edward Hopper (18821967) is the greatest painter of modern American life
* The most up-to-date study of its kind, containing over 200 illustrations and featuring selected pages from his personal notebooks
* Includes a detailed discussion of a wide range of Hoppers paintings, watercolours and etchings, such as House by the Railroad (1925) and Nighthawks (1942)
* Examines the influences that led Hopper to create some of the most widely recognized paintings of the twentieth century
* The author and editors of Silent Theater were the winners of the prestigious Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Arts and Humanities in 2009