Description
With this reproduction of “Gloucester Harbor”, you can experience one of the places that most influenced Edward Hopper’s work. In the summer he turned 30, the American realist painter made his first visit to Gloucester, Massachusetts, and this Cape Ann city became a creative source for some of his most famous works. This painting renders the harbor just as it’s waking up for the day, a “calm before the storm” time of solitude that would become a theme for the notoriously reclusive artist. Edward Hopper Gloucester paintings such as this vibrantly colored work saw the formation and development of many artistic staples. He melds the angled architecture of the buildings with the curving sails of the boats, creating a dichotomy that balances out the foreground. Painted as if viewed from a hill overlooking the harbor, it has the authentic ring of someone who was there. Hopper’s “Gloucester Harbor” was one of his earliest American cityscapes and will bring a serene feeling to your home.
