#soir bleu

[lionofchaeronea]

Soir Bleu, Edward Hopper, 1914

[vizuart]

Soir Bleu, Oil on Canvas, Edward Hopper, 1914.

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Soir Bleu (1914) by Edward Hopper

[rivercantswim]

Forever my favorite painting

[uglymice]

Edward Hopper, Soir Bleu, 1914 (Whitney Museum of American Art)

[simnty]

Soir Bleu by Edward Hopper, 1914

This is one of my favorite paintings.

[pimpofgore]

Sometimes I wonder if this need to perform all the time will last forever, I hope my dying mind will not wonder if I will make a beautiful corpse

[pmamtraveller]

SOIR BLEU (1914) by EDWARD HOPPER

SOIR BLEU is a painting of a café in FRANCE, where seven people from different PARISIAN social classes gather. The painting focuses on a clown wearing all white with red around his mouth and eyes, seated at a table, smoking a cigarette.

On the clown's far right, another man with a cigar is sitting alone at a table. Some have speculated that this man is a pimp. On the clown's right, a woman in full makeup, who could be a waiter or a prostitute, is chatting with potential customers.

Two other men are seated at the clown’s table, but they are not looking at him. One of them is dressed as a soldier and has epaulets on his uniform. The other man is dressed as a bearded hippie. A well-to-do couple in evening wear is seated at the clown’s left, seeming to be faintly aware of the clown

According to some art analysts, they speculate the clown is HOPPER'S self-portrait. He identifies as the misunderstood outcast and performer of his era. Some of the people in the cafe may be portraits of actual people.

Even though HOPPER'S style is typically not humorous or self-conscious, this painting shows us a bit more about the subject. For example, the sad clown smoking a cigarette in a cafe could be a scene that resonates with HOPPER.

Both the painter and the performer struggle with the need for validation in the absence of an audience. The clown is separated from the audience by a partition, which further emphasizes his isolation.