Josephine Hopper. Josephine Verstille Hopper was an American painter who studied under Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and won the Huntington Hartford Foundation fellowship.
She was the wife of Edward Hopper, whom she married in 1924. Born in Manhattan to Eldorado Nivison, a pianist and music teacher, and Mary Ann Nivison, Josephine was the second-born child, but her elder sibling had died in childhood sometime after 1883.
Her younger brother Charles was born in 1884. Later in life she recounted that her father had practically no paternal instincts, and the family's existence was always troubled.
The Nivisons moved frequently, although remaining in New York City. The Art Student, 1906.
Portrait of Miss Josephine Nivision, by Robert Henri In 1900, Jo enrolled in the Normal College of the City of New York, a free teacher-training school for young women. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904 and decided to study art and eventually try to become an artist, already at college she started drawing and performing in productions of the drama club there. In late 1905 at the New York School of Art she met Robert Henri, who soon asked her to pose for a portrait. In February 1906, Nivison began her career as public school teacher. During the next decade she earned her living by teaching, but never abandoned art and remained in touch with Henri and many other artists; in 1907 she travelled to
She was the wife of Edward Hopper, whom she married in 1924. Born in Manhattan to Eldorado Nivison, a pianist and music teacher, and Mary Ann Nivison, Josephine was the second-born child, but her elder sibling had died in childhood sometime after 1883.
Her younger brother Charles was born in 1884. Later in life she recounted that her father had practically no paternal instincts, and the family's existence was always troubled.
The Nivisons moved frequently, although remaining in New York City. The Art Student, 1906.
Portrait of Miss Josephine Nivision, by Robert Henri In 1900, Jo enrolled in the Normal College of the City of New York, a free teacher-training school for young women. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904 and decided to study art and eventually try to become an artist, already at college she started drawing and performing in productions of the drama club there. In late 1905 at the New York School of Art she met Robert Henri, who soon asked her to pose for a portrait. In February 1906, Nivison began her career as public school teacher. During the next decade she earned her living by teaching, but never abandoned art and remained in touch with Henri and many other artists; in 1907 she travelled to
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