Traces the changes and developments in American art in the twentieth century, discussing such artists as Pollock, Sloan, Glackens, Bellows, O'Keeffe, Warhol, Gorky and others.

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is considered as one of the first important American painters in 20th century art. After decades of patient work, Hopper enjoyed a success and popularity that since the 1950s has continually grown. In canvas after canvas he painted the loneliness of urban people. Many of Hopper's pictures represent views of streets and roads, rooftops, and abandoned houses, depicted in a brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy...