Art Essay A levels

Question: Compare the different ways both Edward Hopper and Dede Eri Supria use painting to express their ideas on the issues they are concerned with. Are their artworks effective in relating to their artistic intentions? [30 marks] Until the 19th century Western was dominated by the academic theory of history painting and high art. Then the development of naturalist began to go hand with increasing emphasis on realism of subject, meaning subjects outside the high art tradition. The term Realism was coined by the French novelist Champfleury in the 1840s and in art was exemplified in the work of his friend, the painter Gustave Courbet. In practice,
Realist subject matter meant scenes of peasant and working­ class life, the life of the city streets, cafe and popular entertainments, and an increasing frankness in the treatment of the body and sexual subjects. Such subject matter combined with the new naturalism of treatment caused shock among the predominantly upper and middle­class audiences for art. Edward Hopper was born on 22 July 1882 in Nyack New York, he is a highly private and introspective man.
Hopper employs realism and naturalism in representation, the elements are still, reserved and blandly handled. Representational of the familiar and concrete, but not realistic in the strictest scene. He wanted to recognize the elements but not concentrate on them( he basically captures the essence) Hopper focused on rural motifs and small American town scenes as well as everyday subject matter. In
1924, Hopper had his first successful solo show (mature period) Great Depression 1929. House by
Railroad,1925
was considered his fully mature piece. The painting portrays a 3 storey house constructed through a geometric architectural structure. The house is displayed in wide angle; only 1 house on a plot of land (deliberate attempt in portraying isolation between the viewer and the image). The painting portrayed