"Nighthawks" was not Edward Hopper's only great success.

VOA: special.2011.03.13

George Bellows and his friend Edward Hopper have been the hare and the tortoise of American realist art.

WSJ: George Bellows at Washington's National Gallery of Art

The modern gallery spaces feature a slew of notable American artists like Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Andrew Wyeth and Winslow Homer (a Mainer).

BBC: Art appreciation and more in Portland, Maine

Almost 3, 000 daily visitors saw the works of conceptual artist Hirst, beating Edward Hopper (429, 909) in 2004 and Paul Gauguin (420, 686) in 2010-11.

BBC: Damien Hirst is most visited Tate Modern solo show