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How a meet cute led Edward Hopper to become a prominent 20th-century artist

Edward Hopper, "Trawler," 1923-24. (Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art/Licensed by Scala/Art Resource, NY; Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society, NY)
Edward Hopper, "Trawler," 1923-24. (Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art/Licensed by Scala/Art Resource, NY; Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society, NY)

A new exhibit at the Cape Ann Museum in Massachusetts displays the seminal summer when artist Edward Hopper met a woman who would change the course of his career.

WBUR’s Andrea Shea reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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