Today is Art Day - Nighthawks - Pin

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper Soft Enamel Pin 1.25" 10 colors One black rubber clutch Backer card (90 x 52 mm) Transparent bag with hole About Nighthawks Purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000 in 1942, Nighthawks is Edward Hopper’s best-known work. It is also one of the most recognizable paintings in American Art. The painting portrays people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner’s large glass window. The streetscape appears darkened and deserted. The scene was supposedly inspired by a diner (since demolished) in Greenwich Village, Hopper's neighborhood in Manhattan. Hopper himself said the painting "was suggested by a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet".