Edward Hopper's People In The Sun

Edward Hopper painted People in the Sun in 1960, and it is now hanging in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. People in the Sun represented the emotions of the people on vacation in the West. Reading only the title of the painting, it would be presumed the painting displayed a gleeful message. Despite that, the painting does not uncover happiness. People travel to the West in hopes of an adventure, but Hopper’s subjects seem to have little interest in adventure and might have been happier staying at home. People in the Sun is a great representation for lack of adventure. It is visible in the choices of color Hopper uses. The setting of the West Hopper painted is beautiful, but plain and dull in contrast. The West is a mountainous