Fábrica e Casa em Gloucester, Estados Unidos (Gloucester Factory and House) - Edward Hopper

 

Fábrica e Casa em Gloucester, Estados Unidos (Gloucester Factory and House) - Edward Hopper

Gloucester - Estados Unidos

Aquarela - 35x50 - 1924

Executed during Hopper’s third visit to Gloucester in the summer of 1924, Gloucester House and Factory exemplifies the artist’s watercolors of this period in its careful attention to the classic American architecture as well as its fluid washes in cool tones. The translucency of the watercolor medium, combined with the spontaneity required in execution, proved to be ideally suited to capturing the luminosity Hopper sought – a quality that has become a hallmark of his work. His commitment to commonplace subject matter, which he often infused with a subtle mood of mystery or melancholy, continued to offer his contemporary audience a fresh interpretation of the familiar American scene.