Nighthawks  1942

by Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper said that Nighthawks was inspired by “a restaurant on New York’s Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet,” but the image—with its carefully constructed composition and lack of narrative—has a timeless, universal quality that transcends its particular locale. One of the best-known images of twentieth-century art, the painting depicts an all-night diner in whic...
Size: 
84.1 x 152.4 cm (33 1/8 x 60 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago