Hopper's Last Painting

Two Comedians by Edward Hopper is one of the most heartbreaking painting in art history. To me, it outclasses Nighthawks, Soir Bleu, Morning Sun and any other painting by Hopper.

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[activerewriting]

Ngl I teared up towards the end, you have a riveting voice.

[gasparmeco]

Honestly, this painting didn't feel so much heartbreaking as it felt heartwarming to me, the fact that hopper knew it was his last painting and decided pay homage to his wife and acknowledge how much she contributed to his career and his life feels so beatiful and it is an absolutely perfect sendoff in my opinion.

[tomie]

I should be studying, but here I am, bawling my eyes out to Hopper’s last painting.

[rottenchameleon]

I love to imagine this painting as such:
It's not the two comedians bowing down to a loud and clapping audience.
It's them bowing down to a completely empty theatre.

The serenity and simplicity in this (and frankly most of hoppers paintings) make it seem like exactly not an extraordinary celebration.
The moment feels like everyday business.
It's an ordinary celebration.
Like two actors bowing down confidently after a successful rehearsal with not but them to enjoy the play they just performed.
And in a few moments they will change clothes and take the tram or bus home.

Hoppers pieces were always this. Frozen depictions of mediocrity. But he found beauty in such mediocrity and showed it to us.
Showed us how beautiful even the most normal aspects of our life can be.

[antoinepetrov]

Hopper's paintings never cease to amaze me in their mood, which always feels so modern and relatable

[kjcs_]

Hopper is so great at portraying loneliness. I feel at ease looking at his works.

[EKR]

I'm an artist with an amazing and supportive wife who is also an artist. This has me in tears in the best way.

[alessiapodgorica]

it really felt like a farewell to the world through his paintings, Hopper was a really suggestive and impressive and suggestive painter, I loved this exploration of his work, thank you!

[Proctophile]

Most of Hopper's work evoke that sense of seperation or 'otherness' many people feel in their day to day lives; the sense that something is out of sync and you can't ever seem to becomed 'immersed' in your existence, as gamers say.

I'm glad to see that change in his final piece. If it is truly a self-portrait, then I believe Hopper had reached a place of peaceful, resigned acceptance in the end of his life.

[pugsymalone]

@ 4:37 I go from intrigued to tears. This painting and accompanying explanation validate my decades long appreciation of Hopper as my favorite artist. He paints, and I feel.

[tectorgorch]

There is a very strange novel by Millen Brand called The Outward Room. I remember every page felt to me like being inside a Hopper painting. I've never had a similar sensation with any other reading I've ever done.

[Susie_Floozie]

One moment, I'm eating breakfast while watching a video...and the next, I'm weeping. I like to think that I prefer to die alone...but this made me realize that it's simply because I could never find a person with whom I wanted to die.

[lonesome]

Hopper is maybe my favourite artist, of all time. This video showed this painting and its story perfectly. I almost teared up towards the end. Thank you for this video

[oneemperial]

It’s not sad! It’s beautiful! A long life, well lived, acknowledging the love and support of his wife. You said most artist are alone with their work. He wasn’t. It’s less of a goodbye, and more of him letting the world know, “Here is the person behind the scenes that helped make this all possible.” He is even gesturing to her. He lived a long life documenting what it was like to be alone in a world surrounded by people and noise. I don’t know why he chose that subject matter. But, life is a stage. We are all performing. He lived a long life with a loving wife, and in the end, got the chance to be reflective, thank his audience, and shout out his wife. That’s is a life well lived. I’m going to buy a print of this. Not to be sad, be to recognize that if you get the chance to do what you love and share that love and passion with someone else that is passionate about what you do, you are blessed! Great video

[emmasuarez]

I saw this piece for the first time at the Whitney show this past year, and even when surrounded by dozens of other paintings, it grabs your attention

[Impulseartworks]

How is it possible to feel more connected with someone who was born over 140 years ago than anyone today ❤

[alfredomaclaughlin]

It's actually really sweet. Like his wife doesn't really want to be there, but he's bringing her forward so the audience can acknowledge her contribution. It's interesting to me that he'd see himself as a "comedian" too, that's strangely self-deprecatory.

[michaelwoehl]

Hopper overwhelms me, there is so much more than the images. Our reality.

[negotiableaffections]

To infer silence or in this case 'noises off' shows the remakable way Hopper could direct our thoughts through often minimal use of detail to create a thunderous weight of emotion. And thanks to both husband and wife for our chance to see life in all its subtle nuances.

[sparkyfromel]

You made me discover Hopper work .... for this my most heartfelt thanks !