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American Drawings David Gagnon "Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world. No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm, and does not concern itself alone with pleasing or stimulating arrangements of form and color and design." Written Statement by Edward Hopper from the collection of Frank Capezzera

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American Drawings

David Gagnon

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world. No amount of skillful invention can replace the

essential element of imagination. One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the

inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception.

The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm, and does not concern itself alone with pleasing or stimulating

arrangements of form and color and design."Written Statement by Edward Hopper from the collection of

Frank Capezzera

Stella 1877 - 1947

Industrial America

Charles Sheeler1883 - 1965

EDWARD HOPPER1882 -1967

ARTHUR DOVE1880 -1946

ALTON TOBEY1914 - 2005