Edward Hopper - American

Monhegan Houses, Maine, c. 1916-1919

The brick chimneys really make this image. Though almost negligible in area, their orange hue contrasts with the predominant blue, green and gray hues, and makes them visually important in unifying the image.

Edward Hopper - American

The Bootleggers

Groundswell

Hopper doesn't capture water as well as he does buildings, but his paintings have a wonderfully unified style, an iconic simplicity, and a sense of heightened reality.