Grace Murray Hopper was born in New York City in 1906 and attended Vassar College before receiving her PhD in mathematical physics from Yale University in 1934, returning there to teach on graduating ...
There are many mysteries in 20th C. American art but none are more enduring than the question of the location of that mysterious diner in Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Nighthawks” (1942). Now, ...
An exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art exploring Hopper’s vision of New York has also rekindled questions about how a Baptist minister came to own so much of his art. By Kevin Flynn Julia ...