Edward Hopper è stato ispirato dalla luce e dall’architettura della città americana moderna e dagli oggetti quotidiani che ha visto in luoghi come stazioni di servizio, cinema e alberghi. Hopper faceva schizzi dei luoghi reali, ma la maggior parte delle sue composizioni sono state create in Studio. Le sue opere creano un senso di solitudine che egli sentiva come facente parte della vita negli Stati Uniti. Nel 1920, prima di ricevere qualsiasi grande riconoscimento, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ha dato la prima mostra personale di Hopper al Whitney Studio Club.

Edward Hopper was inspired by the light and architecture of the modern American city and the everyday things that he saw in the places he visited, such as restaurants, offices, gas stations, movie theaters, and hotels. Hopper made sketches of actual sites but most of his compositions were created in the studio. His works create a sense of loneliness that he felt was part of life in the United States.
Hopper painted in his spare time, but his work did not sell. In 1920, before he received any major recognition, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney gave Hopper his first one-artist exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club.