Hotel Lobby (Hotel Lobby) - Edward Hopper
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Estados Unidos
OST - 1943
The painting depicts two women and a man in the lobby of a
hotel. On the right is a woman with blond hair and a blue dress, sitting with
her legs crossed and reading a book. To the left sits an older woman with a red
dress, a coat and a hat. A man stands next to her, facing forward, with a suit
on and an overcoat draped over his right arm. On the left wall, above the
woman, is a framed landscape painting. A clerk behind the reception desk is
barely visible in the shadows.
Hotel Lobby is a signature piece in Hopper's work, displaying
his classic themes of alienation and brevity. The Hoppers traveled frequently,
staying in many motels and hotels throughout his career. This is one of two
works in his catalog that depicts a hotel, the other being Hotel Window (1955).
It is also one of the two paintings that he created in 1952, both of which
dealt with alienated couples. The older couple are believed to represent Hopper
and his wife, themselves in their 60s. The hotel guests have been described as
being "both traveling and suspended in time," reflecting a stoic and
dramatic feeling, reminiscent of the film noir movies Hopper might have seen
and the complex structure and feeling of works by Edgar Degas.
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