The Old Masters Picture Gallery is showing »Edward Hopper. The Inner and the Outer World«

One of the best-known U.S. painters, Edward Hopper (1882−1967) had a particular influence on figurative painting in the 20th century. Coming from a background in commercial art, Hopper developed a style that was highly recognizable, a realism that many saw as showing the isolation of modern man. But Hopper sought above all deep, intense feelings that landscapes, city scenes and people triggered in him and that he tried to bring to the canvas.

The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister cleverly combines two initially independent exhibitions into a new experience: »Edward Hopper. The Inner and Outer World« enters into a dialogue with the Vermeer exhibition already underway. In recent weeks, the restoration of Vermeer's Letter-Reading Girl at an Open Window caused a sensation when the later overpainted image of a cupid behind the girl was rediscovered. Previously interpreted as an image of loneliness, the painting now calls for a new interpretation - and serves as an occasion to also take a fresh look at Hopper's works, which are often reduced to this aspect.

As an example, the Vermeer painting is juxtaposed with Hopper's work Morning Sun, created 300 years later. Just as Hopper himself described his search for feelings in a letter, the title of the exhibition also refers to this: Hopper's paintings contain an inner and an outer world, both of which are to be explored. This exceptional opportunity can be enjoyed until January 02, 2022, the end of the Vermeer exhibition; the Hopper exhibition will then run until March 27, 2022.