Edward Hopper: The Precisionist Movement

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Edward Hopper belonged to the Precisionist movement. This movement was heavily influenced by Futurism and Cubism. Its main themes are the modernization and industrialization of the
American landscape. Between the first and second World Wars, Edward Hopper was one of the artists who began developing this movement, and his paintings are excellent representations of this movement’s concepts. For example, buildings and structures are painted precisely, as proper geometric

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