Focus on: Hopper

About this course

The course examines how Hopper’s style and subject matter developed, with attention to the use of empty space and incidental details in his paintings. His work is placed within the wider artistic landscape of early twentieth-century America, including the Ashcan School, Social Realism, Regionalism and American Scene painting. Teaching combines lectures, slide presentations, handouts and group discussion, while the historical context covers America’s social and political conditions during the inter-war and Depression-era periods.

What you'll learn

• Identify characteristics of American Scene painting
• Distinguish between forms of Realism practised by Hopper and his contemporaries
• Explain Hopper’s relationship with early twentieth-century American art movements
• Place Hopper’s work within its social, cultural and political context

Is this course right for you?

The course is open to learners at all levels. It is taught through lectures, visual presentations and discussion, so participants should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, handouts and health and safety information.

• Suitable for learners at all levels
• Includes group discussion as well as taught presentations
• Requires following written and verbal course information

Before you go

• Learners may wish to bring a notebook.
• A reading list may be provided, with books available for purchase if desired.