Galerie Mont Chair Car – Edward Hopper^ Hopper

In Chair Car, Edward Hopper explores the dynamics of intimacy in public spaces. Four passengers seem absorbed in their own thoughts in a train carriage bathed in light. Their gazes are diverted, either towards the passing landscape or inwards, immersed in reading or lost in deep thought. The green seats and yellow reflections on the floor add a touch of colour to an otherwise sober scene.

This painting stands at the intersection of group portraiture and genre scene, illustrating the social and psychological realism characteristic of Hopper’s art. The arrangement of the figures and the use of light create an atmosphere of shared solitude, a mark of the artist who often captures the isolation within modernity. Hopper also painted a similar work on a train: Compartment C, Car 293.

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