I stumbled upon a super cool Edward Hopper site that was commissioned by the Julietta House. A screen writer traded a place to stay for finding the Hopper houses in Gloucester. They now offer a self guided tour available at their front desk. I was surprised that the “now” pictures seemed to fire people up stating “How could they allow this to happen!” Hopper painted 1920’s ordinary scenes and was focused on lighting and space. Ordinary houses get painted, covered in vinyl, torn down and converted into two families. I do think it would be cool if This Old House would come and restore one of these to as they were when Hopper painted them. It would also make for a great single subject blog, book deal, movie, documentary…
I don’t know much about Art, but I love all things Hopper. I have ties to his hometown, Nyack NY and always went right to his paintings at the Whitney Museum in NYC. It was great to find out that he found success as a painter in Gloucester and it was where he met his wife.
Here are some more of Hoppers paintings in Gloucester that are not in the Edward Hopper House Tour. Share anything about Hopper or the locations in the comments. Thanks!
Portuguese Church in Gloucester, 1923
Prospect Street, Gloucester
1928
Italian Quarter, Gloucester
Essex Farm House – Is this the farmhouse across from Candlewood Golf Course?
Gloucester Harbor
Good Morning Gloucester 
thanks, Great Stuff! Love the then and now.
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Neat!
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These are so awesome!!
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The Essex farmhouse is on Rt 133 by Friendship Antiques and across from Hardy’s.
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One of Hopper’s houses is on Western Ave., two or three houses from The Tavern. It was just painted last spring back to the lovely shade of yellow that Hopper saw. Looks great and is easy to find. Love what Julietta House has done!
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One of the biggest regrets from three years ago was missing the Hopper Exhibit at The MFA.
I bet in 30 or forty years people will be doing these types of posts about Jeff Weaver’s paintings.
Although Jeff ‘s art is his own, his pieces speak to me in much the same way.
Great post!
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I’m 180 degrees. I went to the Hopper MFA exhibit but it was in 2007, a year before I bought a house on Cape Ann. Now I want to go back and see it again and find Gloucester.
MFA has an online exhibit of it complete with a slide show:
http://www.mfa.org/hopper/exhibit.html
Find the Rocky Neck mansion from the slide show.
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The first house was my husband’s grandmother’s house at the end of beach court, down the fort. It has a beautiful view of the greasy pole.
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I lived in that house on Beach Court during the winter of 1945/46.I remember looking at 10 pound light as I rode my tricycle on the 3 sided porch. Also remember the sharp turn to the stairway indoors.
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I know that Hopper painted the house that Theresa Wonson lives in up on the hill behind Our Lady of Good Voyage. That exhibit at the MFA was excellent. Gloucester treasures….
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And of course there is the house with the Mansard Roof out on Rocky Neck. Last time I looked they were doing a lot of work on that.
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for Kathleen: Are you referring to the house on Mt. Vernon St. just above the old school? I have a Hopper print of it in my bedroom. I grew up on that street and have many fond memories to draw upon.
When I went to the Hopper Exhibit in Boston, I was disappointed not to see the original there.
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These paintings are awesome!
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Hey there,
This Hopper Project is great fun. The site you refer to is just a taste of what we have. We gathered over 60 images of Gloucester Hopper Houses. 12 or so were documented by Gail Levin a few years ago. But this spring, Daniel Marley and I went on search and found another 18 or so. We have 31 Addresses confirmed and 3 that are “maybes”. The Hopper Houses of Gloucester -self-guided tour includes all the images you posted here, except one. We hadn’t found the Essex Farm House. I think you are right about its location. I’ll try to verify it on my next drive by. Book, Maps and Mp3 downloads are in the works. Should be done soon. Send an email if you want notification of the release!
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Susan that is awesome! That is great. I sent you an email and would love to get the word out here and find out more about the project. Thanks for the great work!
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