Hopper and Constable

The collection today was interesting to see. I knew a fair number of the artists but next to none of the works in this particular museum. One that caught my eye was one by Edward Hopper. This was the first time that I´d seen one of his pieces in the flesh but knew of his work (20th century American artist).

The work itself was ´simplified´to some degree in terms of its modelling of form/shading, and also colour choice. But it just had a fantastic atmosphere about it and the more that I´m seeing, the more I feel my tastes are moving away from my initial obsession with photo realism.

Just as I was about to walk out, I saw John Constables ´The Lock´. It was pretty amazing as well. I´ve seen Constable´s smaller landscapes and studies before but this was about 1.2m x 1.4m and the kind of picture that you just keep staring at.