The late Ms Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a MockingBird, (described by some as the perfect American book of the 20th century), is amongst a rare group of individuals whose fame had been secured by their first and overwhelming success, and would eventually overshadow everything else that they did, or would or would…
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Nighthawk versus Nightlife
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was the artist of the gloominess of American urbanization – Here, arguably his most famous painting, Nighthawks (1942), is counter-posed by the African-American artist, Archibald J Motley Jr’s (1891-1981), Nightlife (1943) depicting the rich dynamic culture of the dance halls in the Chicago South side. At the Chicago Art Institute.