Comparing Edward Hopper's Art And Design

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Edward Hopper grew up loving art and showed a great amount of talent in the field at a very young age. Seeing this his parents insisted he go to school for commercial art. He ended up studying at the New York School of Art and Design. His early works modeled that of Chase and French masters Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Later in his career, Hopper found his own unique style, which emphasized realism, a dark palette, and architectural paintings.
This piece has an amazing example of directional lines, at first glance, one may ask ‘what directional lines?’ But after closer examination you see how the lines direct your eyes to pay attention obviously to the man sitting by himself looking down at the bar, but also to the entire painting. These