Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) Danish
1 Interior, Sunlight on the Floor (1906)
2 Interior (1899)
A Hanne Finsen & Inge Vibeke Raaschou-Nielsen (1981)
light is the principal subject…and that light is the meagre Danish winter light, the light of grey weather quite without color, warmth, or gaiety, albeit so rich in nuance…There is a light that pours in over the canvas and defines the space…The light is usually indirect for, of course, Hammershøi also knows that indirect light is often the most beautiful…
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As in this case, the interiors by the Danish artist Hammershoi are usually of his own house in Copenhagen. Several others also include a figure seen from behind, but many are of the empty rooms. He travelled and exhibited in Europe, and was well known in London early in this century. He had lived here in 1896-7, partly in the hope of meeting Whistler, whom he admired.
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read https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190417-why-hammershi-is-europes-great-painter-of-loneliness
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“Hammershøi’s shadow paintings evoke this atmospheric sense of just pastness, the intimation of a moment just missed ...”
“The window is an interface of transparency and obscurity, allowing a clarifying light to pass through while blocking view of the external world.”
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Vilhelm Hammershøi
Interior with the Artist's Easel
1910
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Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1912
Oil on canvas
78.7 x 70.5 cm (31 x 27 ¾ in.)
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hammershøi made a room
a ship on its own
with panes overlapping all over the floor
the windows are drawn,
the windows come in the windows come running
and the open door is falling
into room after room with the silence
of sun. He said open
and everything he painted then opened
a woman sewing
enters in infinite gradations, the white
that never gets there
remains
who, alone in a house with light,
built his house entirely of doors.
Cole Swensen, The Glass Age (Alice James Books, 2007)
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Vilhelm Hammershøi: Interior from Strandgade with Sunlight on the Floor (1901) • Interior with a lady (1901) • Interior. Strandgade 30 (1901) • Bedroom, Strandgade 30 (1906)
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Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864-1916), The White Door and the Golden Cupboard, 1886. Oil on canvas, 39 x 36.5 cm.
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Interior with Young Woman from Behind - Vilhelm Hammershoi
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Vilhelm Hammershoi, Interior, 1903-04
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