Title of Artwork: “Lighthouse at Two Lights”

Artwork by Edward Hopper

Year Created 1929

Summary of Lighthouse at Two Lights

Hopper uses a dramatic silhouette of a lighthouse against a clear blue sky to create this piece. Architecture in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where it is located on a rocky outcrop, receives a mixture of direct sunlight and deep shadows.

The Two Lights lighthouse represents a defiant stand against the forces of nature and change, as seen from below, where it stands tall and strong. Hopper, who had been spending his summers in Maine since 1914, associated the lighthouse with a welcome escape from his hectic existence in New York.

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