Description
In “Shakespeare at Dusk”, Edward Hopper brings a different meaning to “theater at the park”. This dazzling Hopper painting from 1935 offers his interpretation of the William Shakespeare monument at Central Park in New York City. But instead of making the monument of the famous English playwright front and center, Hopper instead views it from a rear perspective and places it to the far left of the scene, making it one small part of the larger whole. Although most of Hopper’s scenes were clearly delineated as day or night, he sometimes used dusk for the melancholy feeling it evoked. The orange sky and shadows, along with the lack of people in the park, offer a stark perspective: the stage is ready, as is the playwright, yet the audience is nowhere to be found. But he’ll be there waiting and ready to welcome them when they do come. You’ll have this Shakespearian oil panting waiting for you as well when you order from overstockArt.
