Night Windows

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"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.

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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 of America
surface form: United States
creator Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper
surface form: Edward Hopper (American realist artist)
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
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York City
mainSubject urban night scene
voyeurism
woman in an apartment
movement Realism
surface form: American 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

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Edward Hopper notableWork Night Windows