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Your printed Activity Guide shows just a small portion of Hopper's paintings. Scroll down to see the full pictures.

We'll help you explore more about the people in Hopper's paintings - and the stories you're making about them - with some questions below: 

• What time of day is it in this painting?
• If you were here, what would you order from the waiter?
• Why are there so few people?
• What do you think the people are talking about?
  
• What else do you think is in this neighborhood? ​

This is Edward Hopper's most famous painting. He called it "Night Hawks." He painted it when he was 60 years old. (You can see this painting in real life at the Art Institute of Chicago. This museum bought the painting immediately the year it was painted!) 

Edward Hopper lived in Greenwich Village in New York City (after he lived in Nyack). The restaurants and streetscape there helped Hopper imagine this place. ​

• What time of day is it in this painting?
• If you were here, what would you have ordered to eat?
• What are these two people talking about?
• What else do you think you'd see out the window? ​

This painting by Edward Hopper is called "Chop Suey." Hopper painted it when he was 47 years old. (This painting is owned by a private collector, so it is not in a museum. Where would you put this painting in your home if you owned it?)  

Here's another painting by Edward Hopper to make another story! 

• What time of day is it in this painting?
  
• If you were in this room, what would the sunlight feel like?
• Is the room warm, or cold?
• What else do you think you'd see out the window? 
• What do you think the woman in the painting is thinking? ​

This painting by Edward Hopper is called "Morning Sun." He painted it when he was 70 years old. (You can see this painting in real life at the Columbus Museum of Art.) Josephine Nivison Hopper, an artist herself who married Edward Hopper, posed as the model (when she was 69 years old) for this painting. 

To learn more about Josephine, see our 2022 exhibition "Josephine Nivison Hopper: Edward's Muse." 

On G.H. Hopper's "Grand Bargain Sale" Advertisement from 1897, the first thing on the list is "50 pieces Fruit of the Loom Muslin".

What do you think that is = is it fruit, or fabric?

​What's a loom? 

"Fruit of the Loom" was started in 1851 in Rhode Island. 1893 Fruit of the Loom logo courtesy https://www.fruit.com/fruit-story-static.html

Traditional Craft: Weaving a Placemat | Visual Arts Toolkit downloaded from PBS LearningMedia, https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/traditional_art3/traditional-craft-weaving-a-placemat-visual-arts-toolkit/. Rights to use this asset do not expire. Asset Copyright: KET 2017

Some of our favorite "COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS" in Nyack:

BOXER DONUT & ESPRESSO BAR
17 N. Franklin St. Nyack

THE RUNCIBLE SPOON BAKERY
37-9 North Broadway, Nyack

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOPPER: 

Young Edward Hopper, about 12 years old, with his father Garrett Henry Hopper, in the backyard of their home in Nyack, ca. 1894.

Young Edward Hopper (1882-1967) with his father Garrett Henry Hopper, (1852-1913) in the backyard of their home in Nyack, ca. 1894. Courtesy of The Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust. Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, Nyack NY

Young - but a little bit older - Edward Hopper, about 17 years old, posing for his high school graduation photo.  

Edward was diligent, engaged, and studious. His school notebooks were filled with illustrations and nice penmanship. He was the artist of his high school Class of 1899 graduation newspaper, and helped to choose colors and a motto for the graduation ceremony.

​What do YOU like to do in school? 

Edward Hopper (1882-1967), high school graduation portrait, courtesy Nyack Library