Corn Hill (Truro, Cape Cod) (1930) by Edward HopperMcNay Art Museum
In the words of Edward Hopper
"Maybe I am not very human. What I wanted to do was paint sunlight on the side of a house." —Edward Hopper, 1962
Hopper painted Corn Hill during the first of many summers he and his wife, Jo, spent in South Truro on Cape Cod.
Corn Hill illustrates Hopper's comment about his many paintings of houses—houses that are, in this scene, the only sign of humanity.
Low sunlight streams up the sides of the dwellings, bestowing a haunting loneliness found in many of Hopper's paintings.
The light color palette captures the bright sunny day and the receding forms of the hills.
Balanced with the geometric shapes of the house, the composition evokes a sense of serenity and calmness.
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Edward Hopper, Corn Hill (Truro, Cape Cod), 190. Oil on canvas, 28 ½ x 42 ½ in. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection, 1975.35.
