![]() ![]() As with theater, his interest in clowns, or pierrot characters began early in life, while he was studying in Paris and is most notably realized in Soir Bleu (1914, Whitney Museum of American Art). Era un mondo colto al volo, di passaggio. Le solitudini di Edward Hopper “Da bambino, ciò che vedevo del mondo al di là dei miei immediati dintorni, lo vedevo dal sedile posteriore dell’automobile dei miei genitori. Back in America many years later, he would stage the masterpiece Nighthawks (1942) with all the worldly reality he sought in Soir Bleu but was too young to make emotionally convincing. ![]() In this stage-like scene, the melancholy figure of the clown appears isolated even though he is in a crowded café.In Soir Bleu, we witness Hopper's early attempt to create, rather than merely record, a sophisticated, anti-sentimental allegory of adult city life. Before I knew the clown was there, Colonel Leclerc, sitting at my right hand, was. He is, after all, Pierrot, and beneath the makeup, a mime. While I’ve been distracted, the clown has taken a seat at our veranda table in absolute silence.
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