Sunlight in a Cafeteria 1958

Edward Hopper's *Sunlight in a Cafeteria* (1958) portrays the solitary experience of urban life. The painting, located in the Yale University Art Gallery, captures the starkness of a diner interior, with a single woman sitting alone at a table bathed in light. The cool, subdued color palette and Hopper's signature use of light and shadow create a sense of isolation and introspection, characteristic of his American realist style. The work is often interpreted as a meditation on modern alienation and the search for connection in a bustling, impersonal city.