 | Arnold Newman photographed an elderly Hopper sitting regally in front of the summer house that he and Jo had built in Truro 30 years earlier. (Jo flits, waiflike, in the distance.) The sturdy shingled structure, which combined a studio with a north window at one end and living accommodations at the other, was designed by Hopper, who was an accomplished carpenter. What kind of architect was the painter? Surprisingly, a classicist. The gable-roofed box lacks any appurtenances—no lean-tos or porches—and it sits four-square in the sandy hills, as solid as an ancient Greek temple. The style is traditional New England Colonial, stripped to its bare essentials, but the Modern sensibility is entirely Edward Hopper's. |  |
Portrait of Edward Hopper, Aug. 14, 1960, in Truro, Mass., by Arnold Newman/Getty Images. |
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