Art History Blog #3

Paul Cézanne – Born January 19, 1839 Aix-en-Provence, France

From the 1870s, Cézanne focused on landscapes and still lifes in which he sort to reduce visual objects to their basic geometric forms.

Art History Blog #2

Edward Hopper “Approaching a City” 1946 oil on canvas 27 x 36

Edward Hopper – Born July 22, 1882 Nyack, New York (USA)

Edward Hopper started out as a commercial artist and illustrator. He later was drawn to painting American Realism. Hopper depicted a mood and sense of isolation and alienation within urban cities.

BHSVA Art History Blog

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James McNeill Whistler - Born July 11, 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts

He is considered the first major American artist to earn an international reputation. He played an important part in popularizing Impressionism in Great Britain and North America.