Save the Hopper House and Landscape

Since the Pilgrims landed here at Provincetown the Edward Hopper Landscape has existed in its present state. In 1933 The Edward Hopper House, that contained his studio, has brooded alone over the landscape, much as Hopper himself did during his time here. The 805 square foot Studio house, the only home that Hopper ever owned, has remained unchanged, sentinel guarding the whole of the hilltop landscape.

That Studio and the attendant landscape are now in grave danger of being lost to development. We are committed to saving this priceless heritage of one of our most famous artists and the landscape that contains the subject matter of so many of his paintings, The Camel’s Hump, The Jenness House, and Rooms by he Sea to name but a few . Our efforts are to halt any further development across the top of the Hopper Landscape and to save the Hopper House

No further despoiling of the landscape.

Anton Schiffenhaus

To the Editor:

It was with great interest and even greater dismay that I read your recent article on
the new mansion threatening the undeveloped land adjoining Edward Hopper’s
former painting studio in Truro, MA.

More than any other single 20th century painter Edward Hopper’s work imbedded
itself in the American psyche. So much of who we are and how we feel has been
shaped by this solitary painter of lonely spaces and dazzling sunlight. We owe
him a great debt.

If there is any meaning to the phrase “national treasure” it would have to include the
setting of the Hopper studio. To allow this new mansion to be build there would
be short sighted in the extreme.

Sincerely,

Philip Koch
Professor of Fine Art
Maryland Institute College of Art