Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1864-1916: Danish Painter of Solitude and LightDanish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1916), whose work is frequently compared to Vermeer's, has been overlooked for nearly a century. The catalogue for an exhibition that received wide acclaim at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, and that opens at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in June 1998, this handsome book presents 80 of Hammershoi's distinctive and intimate portraits, landscapes, and interiors.Hammershoi exhibited extensively throughout Europe and was recognized by his peers as the premier Danish painter; critics often included him among the French Impressionists. His reputation diminished after his death, however, and he remained relatively unknown until his recent rediscovery.Today's art lovers will immediately respond to Hammershoi's extraordinary use of line, light, and shadow, and to his interiors and landscapes punctuated with a mood of concentrated absence. His portraits, too, are compelling psychological studies, often reflecting the isolation of the long Scandinavian winter. This book restores Hammershoi's rightful place in the history of art. |
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... Sergei Diaghilev , French critic Théodore Duret , and Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke . But not long after Hammershøi died , his name began to fade into the oblivion that was typically the fate of artists who did not conform to the ...
... Sergei Diaghilev , French critic Théodore Duret , and Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke . But not long after Hammershøi died , his name began to fade into the oblivion that was typically the fate of artists who did not conform to the ...
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... Sergei Diaghilev ; and French critic Théodore Duret . If Hammershøi gives the impres- sion of having been trapped with his wife , Ida , for endless winters in his bleak Copenhagen apartment , he might also fit Degas's characterization ...
... Sergei Diaghilev ; and French critic Théodore Duret . If Hammershøi gives the impres- sion of having been trapped with his wife , Ida , for endless winters in his bleak Copenhagen apartment , he might also fit Degas's characterization ...
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... Sergei Diaghilev visits Copenhagen and buys two paintings by Hammershøi . ( It has since been impossible to trace these pictures either in Russia or elsewhere . ) 1 8 9 7 - 9 8 From October to May , visits London , where he paints Two ...
... Sergei Diaghilev visits Copenhagen and buys two paintings by Hammershøi . ( It has since been impossible to trace these pictures either in Russia or elsewhere . ) 1 8 9 7 - 9 8 From October to May , visits London , where he paints Two ...
Contents
UMMUBKS | 6 |
Vilhelm Hammershøi at Home and Abroad | 31 |
Catalogue | 145 |
Copyright | |
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1900 no number acquired Alfred Bramsen Bramsen Artemis Berlin Billgren and Osipow bottom right Bramsen Bramsen 1918 Bredgade 25 Bruun Rasmussen C. L. Davids C. W. Eckersberg catalogue century Charlottenborg Christiansborg Palace Christianshavn cm Private collection cm Statens Museum Copenhagen Provenance Danish Danish art Danish Artists Danish painter dansk Denmark Duret entry for cat figure Five Portraits foreningen frie Udstilling 1908 Gentofte group portrait Guildhall 1907 Gustav Falck Hammershøi painted Heinrich Hirschsprung Hirschsprungske Samling Ida Hammershøi Inscr Jastrau Katalog Kunstforeningen 1916 vol landscapes Leonard Borwick Lindegården Literature living room Louvre Magnussens Kunstforlag Malmö middle room motif Musée d'Orsay Museum for Kunst Oil on canvas Ordrupgaard 1981 Oslo Paris posthumous sale Poul Private collection Provenance Rainer Maria Rilke repr Stockholm Stockholm 1976 Strandgade 30 Study Symbolist Tate Gallery Thorvald Bindesbøll tion trees ture Usselmann 1990 Varnedoe VH Oil Vilhelm Hammershøi Vilhelm Hammershøi Copenhagen Winkel & Magnussen Wivel York