Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Edward Hopper’s Ground Swell (1939) looks like a peaceful day on the water, but there’s a weird tension lurking beneath the surface. The rising swell, that dark buoy...something feels off. Painted just before World War II, could this be a calm before the storm?

🖼️ Ground Swell, 1939 👨🏻‍🎨 Edward Hopper 📐 91.92 cm (36.19 in) × 127.16 cm (50.06 in), oil on canvas

📍National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Other painting in the video: Edward Hopper, “Self-Portrait,” 1925–30. Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 × 20 3/8 in. (64.5 × 51.8 cm). @whitneymuseum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1165. © 2025 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York #art #hopper #comedy

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