Edward Hopper: legendary painter, influential realist, and an inspiration to many. A master, if you will. But does his mass-market appeal from the non-artistic world throw doubt over his simple yet stark style? Should we really buy in to the hype? Personally, I do believe the hype, I only wish there was less of it. The popularity of Hopper’s work extends far beyond the world of fine art – many directors have used Hopper’s vision, creation, and use of light as a feature in their motion pictures. One such example is Hopper’s House by the Railroad (1925): This idea is said to have featured in both Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960),…