Hill and Houses, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 1927 by Edward Hopper

Hopper's reputation is marked by his profound vision of American life. In the words of Robert Hughes in his American Visions, "Edward Hopper was the quintessential realist painter of 20th century America. His images have become part of the very grain and texture of American experience, and even today... it is all but impossible to see America without some refraction through them."