Night Windows

E183437

"Night Windows" is a 1928 oil painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a voyeuristic nighttime glimpse into a woman's apartment that exemplifies his themes of urban isolation and quiet tension.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Night Windows canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
collection permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
colorPalette muted tones with strong contrasts of artificial light and darkness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Edward Hopper ⓘ
Edward Hopper (American realist artist) ⓘ
linked to: Edward Hopper
creatorGender male ⓘ
creatorNationality American ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
depicts interior seen from outside ⓘ
nighttime setting ⓘ
partially clothed woman ⓘ
urban architecture ⓘ
view through apartment windows ⓘ
depictsTimeOfDay night ⓘ
genre American realism ⓘ
hasCulturalContext interwar American city life ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn interpretations of voyeurism in American art ⓘ
hasMood ambiguous ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
tense ⓘ
hasPerspective exterior viewpoint into private interior space ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
inception 1928 ⓘ
influencedBy urbanization of early 20th-century New York ⓘ
location Museum of Modern Art, New York City ⓘ
mainSubject urban night scene ⓘ
voyeurism ⓘ
woman in an apartment ⓘ
movement American Realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism

Realism ⓘ
notableFor depiction of psychological isolation in the modern city ⓘ
use of light and shadow to create tension ⓘ
voyeuristic perspective from the street ⓘ
partOf Edward Hopper’s body of work on urban life ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th-century urban America ⓘ
theme loneliness ⓘ
quiet tension ⓘ
urban isolation ⓘ
voyeuristic gaze ⓘ
usesTechnique oil on canvas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Hopper → notableWork → Night Windows ⓘ