Edward Hopper

I went to an Edward Hopper special exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts the other day. I've never been one to "get" art. But it makes it easier to see themes and get an overall impression when an entire gallery is dedicated to one artist. The placards set the tone using words such as "vernacular" and "bittersweet". Maybe that's all brainwashing to give the viewer a bias. While true, most of his paintings depict a quiescent solitude, should that be necessarily attached to any given emotion? His human subjects do tend to emit a kind of plainness and despair though. Oh, and his utility poles tend to be a bit curved.