Nº 1942 · See
Nighthawks: light after dark
Art Institute of Chicago · 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
A brightly lit diner holds a handful of people inside a dark city. Edward Hopper turns an ordinary late-night stop into a scene that feels suspended between company and solitude. Follow the museum’s account of Nighthawks and notice how much the light says before anyone speaks.
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- Why this number?
- 1942: the year Hopper painted Nighthawks.
- Credit
- Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942; Art Institute of Chicago.
- Reuse and attribution
- Original NicheMisc introduction with a source link. The source work and its images, text and recordings are not reproduced here.
- Published
- 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z