Help, Please?

[stoutfellow]

There's a painting that just popped into my mind's eye that I can't identify. I may have seen the original, but more likely I've just seen a print in a book. I think it was painted sometime between 1930 and 1960 in the US; only one of my references here covers that period, and that painting isn't in it. I'm hoping someone can help me ID it.

The painting depicts a diner at night, from outside; the diner is well-lit against the surrounding darkness (there may be a streetlamp, but nothing else), and there are a number of well-dressed (in '30s or '40s clothing, if I recall correctly) patrons. I'm not sure whether there are tables; as I visualize it, the patrons are mostly seated on stools at the counter.

Does that description ring a bell for anyone?

Comments

[mawombat.livejournal.com]

i think it's called "Nightwatch" and it's at the Art Institute in Chicago. Or "Night-" something.

[mawombat.livejournal.com]

ok just found it:
it's called "Nighthawks" by Hopper
http://edwardhopper.info/painting/Nighthawks.html

[mawombat.livejournal.com]

oh and here's the link to the piece at the museum:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/modern/highlight_item?acc=1942.51&page=10

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's the one - I recognized the name as soon as you gave it - and that's where I must have seen it. Thanks mucho!

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

I've also seen a good parody somewhere, where the characters at the counter were dead celebrities, like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe.

[litalex.livejournal.com]

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Gottfried Helnwein (http://imagesource.art.com/images/-/Gottfried-Helnwein/Boulevard-of-Broken-Dreams-Print-C10284313.jpeg)

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

Belated thanks! That was the one!

[litalex.livejournal.com]

I love the painting, but I like the song even better.

[litalex.livejournal.com]

curiously enough, the first picture that came to mind at your description is the parody (?) of the painting you're looking for, the one with all the Hollywood stars.

guess that says everything one needs to know about my knowledge of art, eh?