Early in his career, Edward Hopper spent his summers of 1916 through 1919 painting at Monhegan Island, Maine, a site that had also inspired many other artists, such as Robert Henri, George Bellows, and Rockwell Kent. A student of Henri’s, Hopper was no doubt encouraged to visit this “wonderful place to paint.” Monhegan seemed to captivate Hopper, who produced several paintings of the rugged coastline and spectacular panoramas it afforded. In this body of work, Hopper comes close to American Impressionism in his efforts to capture the fleeting effects of light and shadow on the dramatic landscape about him. In this, he approaches the manner of painting seen in Childe Hassam’s Rocks and Sea, Isle of Shoals of 1912. This short-lived tendency ultimately gave way to his typical calm and quiet manner, as seen in Portuguese Church in Gloucester (1923). Throughout his career, though, he never lost his interest in the subtle effects of light, as witnessed in both these works.