He was interested in a kind of realism, inseparable from the cold structures and isolated people that populate his compositions.

The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University focuses on vibrant paintings of everyday life in 20th century Los Angeles and its surrounding region in a major new exhibition, “Los Angeles Area Scene Paintings,” continuing through May, 2020.

‘City Streets’ is a gorgeous series of illustrated streetscapes by Lindsey Kustusch, an oil painter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. “I am fascinated…

I don’t need a reason to visit Paris. The beauty of the winding cobbled streets of Montmartre echoing with accordion melodies, the charm of the boutique-filled Marais, the glory of the sweepi…

Sunlight in a Cafeteria, 1958 by Edward Hopper

Kenton Nelson

Edward Hopper is one of the most recognizable American Realists of the 20th century. His artwork highlighted the less addressed ways of life in America: individualistic and alienated.

Edward Hopper's beloved painting of an usher in a movie theater is the subject of the 100th piece in Sebastian Smee's "Great Works, in Focus" series.

Kenton Nelson