Vilhelm Hammershoi

[alexandral]

Vilhelm Hammershoi (15.05.1864 – 13.02.1916) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

His art sometimes is called "dispassionate" and "purist" but this is strangely at odds with my own impression from it. I would have called his art to be "moody" and "atmospheric" but at the same time it is full of light. It gives me a feeling of disquiet. I often find myself staring at his works as if I stare long enough I find a secret of each painting. Hammershoi almost always painted his models from behind as if to hide the expressions on their faces and he often painted shadows. His most famous model was his wife Ida and though I seem numerous paintings of her I still feel that I don't really know how her face looks like. Was she pretty? Melancholic? It seems that she was..

Few of my favourite paintings of Vilhelm Hammershoi:

A Lady reading in an interior:



A room with a piano and woman in black:



A woman reading by a window (My favourite painting of his – I wish I knew what this lady is reading!)



A woman sewing in an interior:



Bedroom:


Interior with a girl at the clavier:



Interior with a woman reading a letter:



Interior with back view of young woman:



London Street:



Rest



White Open Doors



Light:



I made some icons from his paintings. They are free to share. Preview:

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Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for all your kind words!!!!!

I love Hammershøi's art - his reserve and mystery won't let me go!!!

[siljamus]

Hammershøi is just one of those artists that I can't let go again. I find it so interesting that for years he was kind of forgotten and in his own lifetime he wasn't really acknowledged either. I remember the first time I saw one of his paintings....a small canvas across the room that just called out to me and drew me in. I was mesmerized by the picture and just stood there starring at it for a long time.

May I ask there you have the photos of the paintings from?

(I can't make up my mind as which of the icons I'm going to up-load to LJ, because they are all so wonderful.)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

remember the first time I saw one of his paintings....a small canvas across the room that just called out to me and drew me in. I was mesmerized by the picture and just stood there starring at it for a long time.

The same happened to me - I saw the first painting this summer in the National Gallery in London and I could never forget him..

I got the images from various places on the Web - I try to respect copyright and not to take them from the web-sites with clear copyright, though.

[siljamus]

I just wanted to let you know that not only did I finally work out which ones to up-load - all of them - but you also inspired me to change the lay-out on my journal and my default icon.

(Your work is very inspiring in general. I've put you on my reading-list so I can keep up with it.)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, I ADORE the way you did your banner and layout - so simple! I am adding you too - I always like to "meet" new people..

[siljamus]

*blushes* Thank YOU. That is high praise coming from someone with a keen eye for graphics.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

** blushes ** It is gorgeous!!!