“If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” - Edward Hopper. Edward Hopper is a American painter who is famous for his art in the 1930s-1960s. His most famous painting is ‘Nighthawks’. His life before painting, and his wife had a huge influence on the way his artwork. Hopper was introduced to art early in his life by his parents. They were both suppurative of his ‘artistic inclinations’ (The Art Story). As a teen, he would draw and build small, wooden boots. After his high school graduation in 1899, his parents talked him into studying illustration instead of fine art. He only spent a year at New York School of Illustration before he transferred to New York School of Art to continuing his dream. After graduating in 1905,
