Hopper : Peindre L'attente

In his painting, American painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967) kept presenting a woman, a man, or a group of people in a waiting position. These pending expressions and gesture evocate a thema well know by art history.

From Hopper's work, this book opens a large thought on the representation of the waiting in painting - with numerous photographic and cinematographic references. His work is compared to numerous artists, from Vermeer to Rothko, through Degas, Caillebotte, Dorothea Lange...