Hotel by a Railroad

Painting by Edward Hopper

Hotel by a Railroad

Artist| Edward Hopper
Year| 1952
Dimensions| 79.4 cm (31.3 in) × 101.9 cm (40.1 in)

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Hotel by a Railroad is a painting completed in 1952 by the American realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper.[1] The work is an oil on canvas, measuring 101.9 x 79.3 cm. It resides in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.[2]

## Description[edit]

The painting depicts a man and a woman, presumably a middle-aged couple, inside a room. The woman is seated at the left, reading a book, while the man is looking at the window. They both have grey hair; the man is bald, has a moustache, and his smoking a cigarette. The man and the woman do not look at each other, and they seem absorbed on their own interests. This simultaneously connects them, making them similar, and separates them, creating a barrier between the two. This is emphasized by the reduced perspective. Through the window, in the direction the man is looking, there is a wall and a closed window. In the mirror, at the left, which together with the window forms the center of the composition, nothing is visible except fuzzy reflections.

The woman's attention is focused on her book, while the man is looking on something outside that isn't visible. The painting depicts a complex interplay of dynamics, boundaries and surfaces.[3]

## See also[edit]

* List of works by Edward Hopper

## References[edit]

1. ^ Wagstaff 2004, p. 233
2. ^ "Hotel by a Railroad - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
3. ^ Rolf Günter Renner, Edward Hopper, Cologne, Taschen, 2000

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Paintings|

* List of works
* Girl at Sewing Machine (1921)
* House by the Railroad (1925)
* Coast Guard Station, Two Lights, Maine (1927)
* Automat (1927)
* Manhattan Bridge Loop (1928)
* Chop Suey (1929)
* Early Sunday Morning (1930)
* Room in New York (1932)
* East Wind Over Weehawken (1934)
* Macomb's Dam Bridge (1935)
* White River at Sharon (1937)
* New York Movie (1939)
* Ground Swell (1939)
* Gas (1940)
* Office at Night (1940)
* Nighthawks (1942)
* Hotel Lobby (1943)
* Saltillo Mansion (1943)
* High Noon (1949)
* Hotel by a Railroad (1952)
* Office in a Small City (1953)
* Western Motel (1957)
* Second Story Sunlight (1960)
* Intermission (1963)
* Sun in an Empty Room (1963)
* Two Comedians (1966)

Museums|

* Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home

Related|

* Josephine Hopper (wife)

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