Kasper Monrad

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Mary Anne Stevens

Statens museum for kunst (Denmark)

Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Munich, Germany). Kunsthalle

This volume examines Hammershoi's work as a whole and in relation to the artists of his generation. It includes reproductions and essays that focus on Hammershoi's isolated private life and travels; his time in London and Germany; and comparisons between him and such notable painters as Seurat, Gauguin, and Whistler.

Hammershøi and Europe

Mikael Wivel

Robert Rosenblum

Henri Loyrette

Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark

Vilhelm Hammersh©ıi

This book - the catalogue accompanying a widely acclaimed exhibition at Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York - reveals the mysterious, melancholy world evoked in Hammershoi's works. Hammershoi's originality was recognized by his peers, but his work was too controversial to gain much support in Denmark during his lifetime. However, it was appreciated by collectors and institutions in England, France, Germany, and Italy, where it became known in exhibitions from the 1890s until his death. Frequently compared to Vermeer in his extraordinary use of line, light, and shadow, Hammershoi punctuates his hallmark interiors and landscapes with a mood of concentrated solitude. His remarkable portraits of friends and family become psychological studies, often revealing the isolation and loneliness of long, dark Scandinavian Winters.

Danish Painter of Solitude and Light

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1864-1916

Gertrud Oelsner

Annette Rosenvold Hvidt

"This book reproduces over 500 paintings, drawings, photographs, sketches, clips, postcards, and letters, which together provide a biographical, art history, and cultural history of Hammershøi and his work. Places were of great importance to Hammershøi, and he always chose very consciously where to live -- in older homes. The home was his studio and often his favorite subject. This book visits many of the places Hammershøi lived: Frederiksberg, Christianhavn, Falster, Paris, Gentofte, Refsnæs, Holland, Belgium, London, and Rome. The book's biographical section highlights important people and pivotal points for his life and work: his mother Frederik Hammershøi, his sister Anna Hammershøi, his teacher PS Krøyer, his wife Ida Hammershøi, his colleague Valdemar Schønheyder Møller, and his brother Svend Hammershøi." -- adapted from publisher

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