New exhibit shows how a Massachusetts town helped shape the artist Edward Hopper

Jared Bowen: A year later, the pair was married. Together, the Hoppers toured Cape Ann, often capturing the same subjects, like Gloucester's landmark church. Edward was especially drawn to fishing scenes, to the immigrant community in the city's Italian neighborhood, and to the signals of modern times, like utility poles. He also dwelled on dwellings,

Jared Bowen:

A year later, the pair was married. Together, the Hoppers toured Cape Ann, often capturing the same subjects, like Gloucester's landmark church.

Edward was especially drawn to fishing scenes, to the immigrant community in the city's Italian neighborhood, and to the signals of modern times, like utility poles. He also dwelled on dwellings, and many of Hopper's homes still stand, like Anderson's House and Hodgkin's House.

What do you think it is about this particular house that speaks to that kind of Hopper, is it loneliness, mysteries?

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