Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker.  He was born in 1882 and grew up in a small town with a view of the Hudson River near New York City. He found support in his art by his parents. They supplied him with materials, instructional magazines, and illustrated books. He was working in pen-and-ink, charcoal, watercolour, and oil.   After High school he took lessons in commercial illustration and later he transferred to the New York School of Art and Design. He studied under two famous artists. The American artist William Merritt Chase instructed him in oil painting. Robert Henri taught him to forget about art and paint…