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demmiblue

(36,845 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:53 AM Mar 2020

We are all Edward Hopper paintings now...

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We are all Edward Hopper paintings now... (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2020 OP

I guess the guy could see the future captain queeg Mar 2020 #1

Yep. GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #2

only, many of us wih way less space robbedvoter Mar 2020 #3

Feels like it. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #4

We wanted to go to see the big Hopper exhibition in Basel... trusty elf Mar 2020 #5

And this now common scene: no Nighthawks... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #6

Another one: demmiblue Mar 2020 #7

Is the guy in the second painting maintaining a proper six foot distance? Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2020 #8

The last one, "Office In A Small City", is my favorite Hopper. Aristus Mar 2020 #9

How foretelling! Fla Dem Mar 2020 #10

Keep the sharp knives away from me.... lindysalsagal Mar 2020 #11

captain queeg

(10,184 posts)

1. I guess the guy could see the future

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:58 AM

Mar 2020

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

2. Yep.

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:22 AM

Mar 2020

robbedvoter

(28,290 posts)

3. only, many of us wih way less space

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:32 AM

Mar 2020

but same solitude

MontanaMama

(23,313 posts)

4. Feels like it.

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:09 AM

Mar 2020

I’m an introvert and I’m feeling very unsettled right now.

trusty elf

(7,391 posts)

5. We wanted to go to see the big Hopper exhibition in Basel...

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:23 AM

Mar 2020

but now the museum is closed.

https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/

FailureToCommunicate

(14,013 posts)

6. And this now common scene: no Nighthawks...

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:50 AM

Mar 2020

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demmiblue

(36,845 posts)

7. Another one:

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:13 AM

Mar 2020

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)

8. Is the guy in the second painting maintaining a proper six foot distance?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:14 AM

Mar 2020

Back off, buddy.

Aristus

(66,327 posts)

9. The last one, "Office In A Small City", is my favorite Hopper.

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:49 AM

Mar 2020

I first read about it when I was a kid, in an art appreciation book written for young people. The author commented on the painting that even adults daydream once in a while, and asked the reader to wonder what the subject in the painting was thinking about.

Fla Dem

(23,656 posts)

10. How foretelling!

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 04:46 PM

Mar 2020

lindysalsagal

(20,679 posts)

11. Keep the sharp knives away from me....

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:01 PM

Mar 2020

I'm not at that stage, yet...

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