Great Art Explained: Nighthawks

Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Art and Environment, Society, Culture

Ed Hessler 

"Nighthawks," painted in 1942 by Edward Hopper is an iconic painting, capturing as it does features of large cities such as loneliness and alienation.

Here is a video (15m 31s) in the series "Great Art Explained" about the painting and about the artist and his career.