Chop Suey (painting)
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Chop Suey is a painting by Edward Hopper
which portrays two women in conversation at a restaurant. According to some art scholars, one "striking detail of Chop Suey is that its female subject faces her doppelgänger
." Others have pointed out it would not be so unusual for two women to be wearing similar hats, and that it is presumptuous to claim doppelgängers when one of subject's face is not visible to the viewer. As with many of Hopper's works, the painting features a close attention to the effects of light on his subjects.
A similar painting, Composition I was completed by Mark Rothko
in 1931
.
A bumper played on the cable channel Turner Classic Movies
, titled The Sunny Side of Life, was inspired by Chop Suey and other Hopper paintings.
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching...
which portrays two women in conversation at a restaurant. According to some art scholars, one "striking detail of Chop Suey is that its female subject faces her doppelgänger
Doppelgänger
In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger is a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune...
." Others have pointed out it would not be so unusual for two women to be wearing similar hats, and that it is presumptuous to claim doppelgängers when one of subject's face is not visible to the viewer. As with many of Hopper's works, the painting features a close attention to the effects of light on his subjects.
A similar painting, Composition I was completed by Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
in 1931
1931 in art
-Events:*The Whitney Museum of American Art is founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.*October 4 - Debut appearance of the Dick Tracy comic strip, created by cartoonist Chester Gould.-Works:*Max Beckmann - Paris Society...
.
A bumper played on the cable channel Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...
, titled The Sunny Side of Life, was inspired by Chop Suey and other Hopper paintings.
