Gas ☲ Hopper ☰ Canvas snakes Rousseau's Polish mistress from his

Rousseau's Polish mistress from his youth

from the well-dressed higher classes near the front to the lower classes in the gallery at the back

Heard the sounds of a reed instrument

blurred brushstrokes

protecting the land and its people

Gas ☲ Hopper ☰ Canvas snakes Rousseau's Polish mistress from hisGas (1940) by Edward Hopper depicts a Mobil gas station, and an attendant working alone at the pumps as night falls. The modern details of the fuel pump, sign and electric lighting contrast with the twilight sky and dense pine forest in the background. The station is a composite of several different locations, as Hopper had trouble finding suitable gas stations with the lights lit above the pumps. Lights were usually only turned on when it was dark,