"Francisco Franco to overthrow the Basque government and the Spanish Republican government. Pablo Picasso painted his mural-sized ""Guernica"" to commemorate the horrors of the bombing. During the Great Depression of the 1930s and through the years of World War II, American art was characterized by Social Realism and American Scene Painting, in the work of Grant Wood, Edward Hopper, Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton, and several others. ""Nighthawks"" (1942) is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous painting, but one of the most recognizable"
"Freud, Andrew Wyeth and others served as a kind of alternative to abstract expressionism. ""Nighthawks"" (1942) is a realist painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous painting, but one of the most recognizable in American art. The urban street is empty outside the diner, and inside none of the three patrons is apparently looking or talking to the others but instead is lost in their own thoughts. This portrayal of modern urban life as empty or lonely is a common theme throughout Hopper's work. One"
"it was exhibited for nearly thirty years. Finally in accord with Pablo Picasso's wish to give the painting to the people of Spain as a gift, it was sent to Spain in 1981. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the years of World War II American art was characterized by Social Realism and American Scene Painting in the work of Grant Wood, Edward Hopper, Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton, and several others. ""Nighthawks"" (1942) is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous"
"on to make several ""office"" pictures, but no others with a sensual undercurrent. The best-known of Hopper's paintings, ""Nighthawks"" (1942), is one of his paintings of groups. It shows customers sitting at the counter of an all-night diner. The shapes and diagonals are carefully constructed. The viewpoint is cinematic—from the sidewalk, as if the viewer were approaching the restaurant. The diner's harsh electric light sets it apart from the dark night outside, enhancing the mood and subtle emotion. As in many Hopper paintings, the interaction is minimal. The restaurant depicted was inspired by one in Greenwich Village. Both Hopper and"
"a tour of museums throughout the US until its final return to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City where it was exhibited for nearly thirty years. Finally in accord with Pablo Picasso's wish to give the painting to the people of Spain as a gift, it was sent to Spain in 1981. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the years of World War II American art was characterized by Social Realism and American Scene Painting (as seen above) in the work of Grant Wood, Edward Hopper, Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton, and several others. ""Nighthawks"""
"was originally purchased by the museum in 1942 for $3,000; its acquisition ""launched"" the painting into ""immense popular recognition."" Considered an ""icon of American culture"", ""Nighthawks"" is perhaps Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable images in American art. ""American Gothic"" has been in the museum's collection since 1930 and was only just recently loaned outside of North America for the first time in 2016. Wood's painting depicts what has been called ""the most famous couple in the world,"" a dour, rural-American, father and daughter. It was entered into a contest at the Art Institute"
"his wife posed for the figures, and Jo Hopper gave the painting its title. The inspiration for the picture may have come from Ernest Hemingway's short story ""The Killers"", which Hopper greatly admired, or from the more philosophical ""A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"". In keeping with the title of his painting, Hopper later said, ""Nighthawks"" has more to do with the possibility of predators in the night than with loneliness. His second most recognizable painting after ""Nighthawks"" is another urban painting, ""Early Sunday Morning"" (originally called ""Seventh Avenue Shops""), which shows an empty street scene in sharp side light, with a"
"the customer base. All this meant diners could serve as symbols of loneliness and isolation. Edward Hopper's iconic 1942 painting ""Nighthawks"" depicts a diner and its occupants, late at night. The diner in the painting is based on a real location in Greenwich Village, but was chosen in part because diners were anonymous slices of Americana, meaning that the scene could have been taken from any city in the country-and also because a diner was a place to which isolated individuals, awake long after bedtime, would naturally be drawn. The spread of the diner meant that by 1942 it was"
"(1942) is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous painting, but one of the most recognizable in American art. It is currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The scene was inspired by a diner (since demolished) in Greenwich Village, Hopper's home neighborhood in Manhattan. Hopper began painting it immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After this event there was a large feeling of gloominess over the country, a feeling that is portrayed in the painting. The urban street is"
"reproduction of ""Nighthawks"". Musical influences include singer/songwriter Tom Waits's 1975 live-in-the-studio album titled ""Nighthawks at the Diner"", after the painting. In 1993, Madonna was inspired sufficiently by Hopper's 1941 painting ""Girlie Show"" that she named her world tour after it and incorporated many of the theatrical elements and mood of the painting into the show. In 2004, British guitarist John Squire (formerly of The Stone Roses) released a concept album based on Hopper's work entitled ""Marshall's House"". Each song on the album is inspired by, and shares its title with, a painting by Hopper. Canadian rock group The Weakerthans released"
"Nighthawks (film) Nighthawks is a 1981 American crime-thriller film directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta and Nigel Davenport. Its score was composed by Keith Emerson. The film was noted for production problems. Three armed assailants attack a woman who turns out to be NYPD Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva in drag. His partner, Detective Sergeant Matthew Fox, immobilizes two of the assailants; Deke chases the third upstairs to a subway-station platform, taunts him and incapacitates him with a scarf. That day in London, terrorist Heymar Reinhardt (alias Wulfgar) bombs a"
"to relate to the original meaning of the word: In January 1942, Jo confirmed her preference for the name. In a letter to Edward's sister Marion she wrote, ""Ed has just finished a very fine picture--a lunch counter at night with 3 figures. Night Hawks would be a fine name for it. E. posed for the two men in a mirror and I for the girl. He was about a month and half working on it."" Upon completing the canvas in the late winter of 1942, Hopper placed it on display at Rehn's, the gallery at which his paintings were"
"According to Cuidera, he and Powell fleshed out the concept, deciding on everything from names and nationalities, to the characters' distinguishing traits, uniforms, and the aircraft they would fly. In 1999, Eisner addressed his view of the matter during a Comic-Con panel: The Blackhawks debuted in August 1941 as the lead feature in the first issue of Quality Comics' anthology series ""Military Comics"", billed as featuring ""stories of the Army and Navy."" Viewed by Will Eisner as ""a modern version of the Robin Hood legend,"" the team's first appearance was co-written by Chuck Cuidera and Bob Powell, with art by"
"as the model for many homages and parodies. Many artists have produced works that allude or respond to ""Nighthawks"". Hopper influenced the Photorealists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Ralph Goings, who evoked ""Nighthawks"" in several paintings of diners. Richard Estes painted a corner store in ""People's Flowers"" (1971), but in daylight, with the shop's large window reflecting the street and sky. More direct visual quotations began to appear in the 1970s. Gottfried Helnwein's painting ""Boulevard of Broken Dreams"" (1984) replaces the three patrons with American pop culture icons Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, and James Dean, and the"
"Bob Powell Bob Powell (""né"" Stanley Robert Pawlowski; October 2, 1916 – December 1967) was an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1930–1940s Golden Age of comic books, including on the features ""Sheena, Queen of the Jungle"" and ""Mr. Mystic"". He received a belated credit in 1999 for co-writing the debut of the popular feature ""Blackhawk"". Powell also did the pencil art for the bubble gum trading card series ""Mars Attacks"". He officially changed his name to S. Robert Powell in 1943. Born in Buffalo, New York, Bob Powell in the 1930s moved to Manhattan, New"
"Nighthawk (DC Comics) Nighthawk is a fictional character, a cowboy in the DC Comics universe. His real name is Hannibal Hawkes and he first appeared in ""Western Comics"" #5. In his secret identity, he worked as a traveling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton. Created by Joe Millard and Charles Paris, his later adventures were handled by writers France Herron, Don Cameron, and Gardner Fox; and artists Gil Kane and Carmine Infantino. He was shown as dying during ""Crisis on Infinite Earths"", although this has been retconned twice to fit in with the later revelation that he was"
"Cuidera, also known as Chuck Cuidera (September 23, 1915 – August 25, 2001), was an American comic book artist best known as the first illustrator of the Quality Comics aviator character Blackhawk, in ""Military Comics"" #1–11 (Aug. 1941 – Aug. 1942). Cuidera was also an early artist of the superhero Blue Beetle, yet though he claimed, in his very late years, that he was the Charles Nicholas who created that character, comics historians credit Charles Wojtkowski, who also used the Charles Nicholas pseudonym. Cuidera grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and after earning art scholarships graduated from Pratt Institute in"
"""Nighthawks"" has been widely referenced and parodied in popular culture. Versions of it have appeared on posters, T-shirts and greeting cards as well as in comic books and advertisements. Typically, these parodies—like Helnwein's ""Boulevard of Broken Dreams"", which became a popular poster—retain the diner and the highly recognizable diagonal composition but replace the patrons and attendant with other characters: animals, Santa Claus and his reindeer, or the cast of ""The Adventures of Tintin"" or ""Peanuts"". One parody of ""Nighthawks"" even inspired a parody of its own. Michael Bedard's painting ""Window Shopping"" (1989), part of his ""Sitting Ducks"" series of posters,"
"Reed Crandall Reed Leonard Crandall (February 22, 1917 – September 13, 1982) was an American illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines. He was best known for the 1940s Quality Comics' ""Blackhawk"" and for stories in EC Comics during the 1950s. Crandall was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009. Reed Crandall was born in Winslow, Indiana, the son of Rayburn Crandall and wife. One cousin was reportedly official Grand Teton National Park resident artist and photographer Harrison Crandall.(There is no verification that Reed is related to Harrison Crandall) Crandall graduated from Newton High"
"Rich who went, pronounced ""Nighthawks"" 'fine as a Homer', and soon arranged its purchase for Chicago."" The sale price was $3,000. The painting has remained in the collection of the Art Institute ever since. The scene was supposedly inspired by a diner (since demolished) in Greenwich Village, Hopper's neighborhood in Manhattan. Hopper himself said the painting ""was suggested by a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet."" Additionally, he noted that ""I simplified the scene a great deal and made the restaurant bigger."" This reference has led Hopper aficionados to engage in a search for the location of the"
"the art director. Ward's first credited works are writing and drawing an episode each of the two-page humor features ""Private Ward"" in Fawcett's ""Spy Smasher"" #2 (cover-dated Winter 1941) and ""Bulletman"" #3 (January 14, 1942), published closely with each other. Shortly thereafter, Quality Comics editor George Brenner hired Ward to write and pencil the hit aviator feature ""Blackhawk"" of World War II. Ward artwork for ""Military Comics"" #30-31 (July–August 1944), with the next several issues generally but unconfirmably credited to Al Bryant. Ward stated that he succeeded Reed Crandall, the preeminent ""Blackhawk"" artist, when Crandall was drafted into the U.S."
"Tomatoes based on 19 reviews. Nighthawks (film) Nighthawks is a 1981 American crime-thriller film directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta and Nigel Davenport. Its score was composed by Keith Emerson. The film was noted for production problems. Three armed assailants attack a woman who turns out to be NYPD Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva in drag. His partner, Detective Sergeant Matthew Fox, immobilizes two of the assailants; Deke chases the third upstairs to a subway-station platform, taunts him and incapacitates him with a scarf. That day in London, terrorist Heymar"
"The African collection includes more than 400 works that span the continent, highlighting ceramics, garments, masks, and jewelry. The Amerindian collection includes Native North American art and Mesoamerican and Andean works. From pottery to textiles, the collection brings together a wide array of objects that seek to illustrate the thematic and aesthetic focuses of art spanning the Americas. The Art Institute's American Art collection contains some of the best-known works in the American canon, including Edward Hopper's ""Nighthawks"", Grant Wood's ""American Gothic"", and Mary Cassatt's ""The Child's Bath"". The collection ranges from colonial silver to modern and contemporary paintings. ""Nighthawks"""
"it, but I have not seen it since I worked on it. We did versions ""A,"" B"", and ""C,"" with ""C"" being the tamest and that is what got into the so-called ""X"" version of ""Heavy Traffic"". Another scene I can recall doing multiple versions of was the guy in the racing cap, pissing on the fat black guy's ass. This was completely eliminated, causing a jump in the action. Edward Hopper's famous 1942 painting ""Nighthawks"" was used as a background in one of the film's sequences. Several animation sequences appear as rough sketchbook pages, including a dream sequence influenced"
"The Nighthawks The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. As of 2018, The Nighthawks are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Paul Bell (lead guitar), Johnny Castle (bass guitar), and Mark Stutso (drums). Formed in 1972, the Nighthawks underwent several personnel changes before stabilizing as the lineup of Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Jimmy Thackery (lead guitar), Jan Zukowski (bass guitar), and Pete Ragusa (drums). Their 1979 album, ""Full House,"" issued on Adelphi Records, includes guest appearances from Pinetop Perkins and Bob Margolin. Keyboard player Greg Wetzel joined the band in 1983, was a"
"Winter Fields (painting) Winter Fields is a 1942 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It depicts a dead, frozen crow in a landscape with fields and distant farm buildings. Wyeth had found the crow near his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and brought it to his studio where he painted it in detail. It was painted with tempera on composition board. Because it was made during World War II, the painting has often been interpreted as an allusion to the ongoing battles. It has also been seen as an allusion to battles during the American Revolutionary War that took"
"York City Subway ventilation plant. Mulry Square Mulry Square is a triangular parking lot at the southwest corner of Greenwich Avenue and Seventh Avenue South which was once thought to be the site of a wedge-shaped diner that was the inspiration for Edward Hopper's famous painting ""Nighthawks"". The parking lot's fencing supports Tiles for America, a September 11 memorial consisting of some 6,000 tiles created across the country. The square, which is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is named after Thomas M. Mulry, founder of the Emigrant Savings Bank and devoted Vincentian. In 2007, the square was considered as"
"Cuidera. Although the exact nature of Eisner, Cuidera, and Powell's individual contributions to the creation of the Blackhawks will never be known, it is confirmed that each performed some level of writing duties at different times during the first eleven issues, with Eisner working on early covers with Cuidera and Cuidera providing interior artwork. When Cuidera joined the armed services in 1942, Reed Crandall took over as artist, beginning a long association with the characters that would last until 1953. Jim Steranko has observed, ""Where Cuidera made Blackhawk a best-seller, Crandall turned it into a classic, a work of major"
"works. Jo's watercolor ""Movie Theater—Gloucester"" (c. 1926–27) foreshadowed Edward's interest in depicting movie theaters: he produced a drypoint of the subject in 1928, and then returned to it occasionally, most famously in the oil painting ""New York Movie"" (1939). Beginning in the mid-1920s Jo became her husband's only model. It was she who thought up the names for a number of her husband's paintings, including one of his most famous oil paintings, ""Nighthawks"". Despite their complicated relationship, she helped when her husband felt insecure about a painting in progress, as in, for example, the case of ""Five A.M."" (1937). As"
"abilities. Nighthawk (DC Comics) Nighthawk is a fictional character, a cowboy in the DC Comics universe. His real name is Hannibal Hawkes and he first appeared in ""Western Comics"" #5. In his secret identity, he worked as a traveling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton. Created by Joe Millard and Charles Paris, his later adventures were handled by writers France Herron, Don Cameron, and Gardner Fox; and artists Gil Kane and Carmine Infantino. He was shown as dying during ""Crisis on Infinite Earths"", although this has been retconned twice to fit in with the later revelation that he"
"violent idiocy of man."" The painting is hosted at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Winter Fields (painting) Winter Fields is a 1942 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It depicts a dead, frozen crow in a landscape with fields and distant farm buildings. Wyeth had found the crow near his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and brought it to his studio where he painted it in detail. It was painted with tempera on composition board. Because it was made during World War II, the painting has often been interpreted as an allusion to the"
"Fred Ray Frederic E. ""Fred"" Ray, Jr. (February 4, 1920 – January 23, 2001) was an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator best known as the primary Superman cover-artist of the 1940s, whose work helped shape the defining look of the iconic superhero character, and for his more than two decades as artist of the DC Comics feature ""Tomahawk"". His cover of ""Superman"" #14 (Feb. 1942) is one of comics' most famous. Fred Ray was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and began his career while still in high school, influenced by the works of such artists as Howard Pyle, W."
"Nighthawks (1978 film) Nighthawks is a 1978 narrative film by Ron Peck. It follows the day-to-day life of a gay man in London. The film realistically portrays day-to-day gay life in London at the time. It shows a gay man, played by Ken Robertson, teaching geography during the day and going to gay pubs at night. His students ultimately challenge him with questions as to whether he is bent/queer. He responds that he is and answers their questions about his homosexuality calmly. In 1979, Janet Maslin of the New York Times found the (fictional) film documentary-realistic. She found it a"