# Edward Hopper artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/edward-hopper/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T08:52:59.808Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Realism, American Scene
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking

## Portrait

![Edward Hopper](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Edward_Hopper%2C_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Edward_Hopper%2C_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Harris & Ewing, photographer · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Hopper,_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_(cropped).jpg

## About Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was an American painter and printmaker associated with realism and the American Scene tradition. His work is widely recognized for its focused observations of modern American life and landscapes. Hopper’s subjects often appear ordinary—a building, a street, an interior, or an open stretch of land—yet his controlled compositions invite sustained attention and interpretation. Collectors and researchers encounter his work across paintings and prints, with institutional records at organizations including The Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Getty Research Institute helping establish his identity and professional context. Because Hopper’s name is prominent in both museum collections and auction records, accurate identification matters: medium, format, date, attribution, and the specific work or edition can materially change how an object should be understood.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include Hopper paintings and prints. Relevant subjects can include landscapes and scenes of modern American life, but the artist name alone does not establish that an object is an original work, a print, or a reproduction. Identification should account for the medium, support, dimensions, technique, inscription or signature, edition details where applicable, provenance, condition, and any available institutional or auction documentation. A submitted object should be compared with closely related records rather than with the broad category of Hopper works as a whole.

## Market and appraisal context

Edward Hopper works appear in a substantial Appraisily artist record set, but an artist-level page cannot determine the value of an individual object. Appraisal depends on the exact medium and work type, secure attribution, date, condition, provenance, dimensions, and—where relevant—edition information. Comparable public auction records are most useful when they match the object closely and can be checked alongside auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and lot descriptions. The available source pack does not provide those lot-level details, so this page should be treated as an identity and market-context starting point rather than a price prediction or authentication conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This page separates established identity information from object-level market evidence and does not replace a signed appraisal or authentication review.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203401
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2726
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1404.html
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500031212
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/32101533/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/027696669
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hopper
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hopper
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/edward-hopper/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Hopper,_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_(cropped).jpg