Hopper + Homer: TWO LANDMARK AMERICAN EXHIBITIONS Two Weeks Left!

• One last chance to see Edward Hopper, featuring 90 paintings, prints, and watercolors from Hopper's entire career, focusing on the period of his greatest achievements.
• Many of Hopper's most recognizable images such as Automat (1927), Drug Store (1927), and New York Movie (1939) are on view for the first time in Chicago. Hopper's signature work, Nighthawks (right), returns home to the Art Institute after a year-long absence.

• Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light is the most comprehensive exhibition of Homer's watercolors in decades.
• The exhibition, exclusive to the Art Institute, presents 130 works that reveal Homer's astounding mastery of watercolor, exploring how he unlocked the secrets of the medium over a period of more than three decades.
• Due to the sensitivity of watercolor to light, there will not be another exhibition of this magnitude featuring Homer's watercolors for many years to come!

• Special dated tickets to Edward Hopper and Winslow Homer: The Color of Light are required, and advance tickets are strongly recommended.
• Tickets can be purchased by calling 312-930-4040 . Visitors may also purchase them at the museum, or visit any Ticketmaster Ticket Center in Illinois. For online purchases, visit the Art Institute's Web site: www.artic.edu.
• One ticket grants entrance to both exhibitions and include general admission to the museum.

• Edward Hopper and Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light are on view:

              Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
              Thursday: 11:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
              Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

• The first hour of the exhibition (Monday-Friday, 10:30-11:30, and Saturday and Sunday, 10:00-11:00) is reserved for members-only viewing.
• Last entry to the exhibitions is 45 minutes before closing time, and there is no re-entry into the exhibitions once a visitor has left the last gallery.

Edward Hopper is jointly organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Art Institute of Chicago. Exelon Corporation is the Lead Corporate Sponsor of this exhibition. This project was partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism. Terra Foundation for American Art is the Lead Foundation Sponsor as part of American Art American City, a Chicago celebration of historical American art.


Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago. Terra Foundation for American Art is the Lead Foundation Sponsor as part of American Art American City, a Chicago celebration of historical American art. Harris is the Lead Corporate Sponsor. Additional support has been generously provided by the Jane Ellen Murray Foundation, the Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Bobins, and Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance. Support for the catalogue has been generously provided by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.

Image Credits:

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, (1942). Oil on canvas. 33 1/8 x 60 in. (84.1 x 152.4 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection.

Winslow Homer, After the Hurricane, Bahamas (1899). Watercolor with touches of reddish-brown gouache and with traces of scraping over graphite, on off-white wove paper. 380 x 543 mm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection.