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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 Helnwein’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams, he parodies Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting Nighthawks. Hopper’s oil-on-canvas painting shows three diner patrons and a server, viewed through the diner’s large window.
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).
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.
Hopper was originally inspired to paint this, of course, after seeing Gottfried Helnwein's Boulevard of Broken Dreams. In this iconic painting, Helnwein happened across James Dean, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe dining at a Mulry Square diner that may or may not have actually existed.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (painting) Among Helnwein 's 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.
He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million.
View Boulevard of Broken Dreams (James Dean) (1982) By Helnwein Gottfried; Colour lithograph on wove paper; 62,5 x 48,8 cm; Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Marilyn Monroe, 1981. Oil and acrylic on canvas. Painting. 196 x 117 cm. Signed.