Nighthawks
1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper
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Summary
Nighthawks is a painting[1]. Nighthawks ranks in the top 0.2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,732 views/month, #12 of 5,957).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Edward Hopper[3]
- Movement: American realism[4], American scene painting[5]
- Genre: genre art[6]
- Depicts: diner[7], Greenwich Village[8], salt shaker[9], napkin holder[10], salt and pepper shaker[11], coffee cup[12], cigarette[13], stool[14], coffeemaker[15], sidewalk[16], storefront[17], café[18], window[19], swing door[20]
- Made from material: oil paint[21], canvas[22]
- Collection: Art Institute of Chicago[23]
- Inventory number: 1942.51[24]
- Location: Art Institute of Chicago[25]
- Commons category: Nighthawks (Edward Hopper)[26]
- Country of origin: United States[27]
- Inception: 1942[28]
- Main subject: diner[29]
- Described at URL: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111628[30]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 43B311[31]
- Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[32]
- Title: Nighthawks[33]
- Different from: Nighthawk[34]
- Height: 84.1 cm[35]
- Width: 152.4 cm[36]
- Copyright status: public domain[37]
Why It Matters
Nighthawks has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Nighthawks is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]