De Hirsh Margules, Mother Ann Lighthouse, Eastern Point, Gloucester, 1946. Gouache on paper. Gift of Jean M. Horblit, 2002. [Acc. #2002.004.002]
Cape Ann North of Boston Life: Countdown to Hopper
Cape Ann Museum is bustling with work this summer as it mounts a major exhibition – “Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape.”
The show, which will have timed admission, opens July 22 – the artist’s birthday – and runs through Oct. 16 at the museum in downtown Gloucester.
“The countdown to Hopper is on,” says Oliver Barker, the museum director.
Although Hopper (1882-1967) may be best known for his oil paintings, it was his time in Gloucester in the 1920s that jump-started his slow-moving career.
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