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Gottfried Helnwein's painting Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1984) replaces the three patrons with American pop culture icons Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, and James Dean, and the attendant with Elvis Presley. [16]
Among his widely published works is a spoof of the famous Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, entitled Boulevard of Broken Dreams, depicting Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Humphrey Bogart.
In 1984, Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein told his own pop culture-inspired version of Nighthawks when he painted Boulevard of Broken Dreams , an almost exact replica of Hopper’s original...
In the fine arts, you can see its inspiration in George Segal's sculpture The Diner, Roger Brown's painting Puerto Rican Wedding, Banksy's Nighthawks and Gottfried's Helnwein's Boulevard of...
Twenty somethings' apartments around the world have been graced with posters of Gottfried Helnwein's Boulevard of Broken Dreams, featuring Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean and Elvis Presley (a parody of Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks).
Jan 6, 2020 · Austrian-Irish visual artist Gottfried Helnwein painted the most obvious spoof of Nighthawks with his Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1984). Helnwein's work primarily focused on psychological and sociological anxiety, or the human condition in particular, with Boulevard of Broken Dreams addressing a raging issue at the time: early celebrity deaths.
Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein used the title for his parody of Edward Hopper's 1942 painting "Nighthawks," substituting James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley for Hopper's isolated diner patrons.
View 'Boulevard of broken dreams' (1981) By Helnwein Gottfried; Colour lithograph on laid paper; 76.0 x 60.0 cm (sheet); Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.
View Boulevard of Broken Dreams (James Dean) By Helnwein Gottfried; color lithograph on wove paper; 5 x 49 cm,; Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.
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