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Artist: Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
Alternative names: Vilhelm Hammershoi, Wilhelm Hammershoi
Danish painter
Work period: 1879–1916
Work location: København
Title: Interior with a Reading Lady
Object type: Painting
Description: This is usually the kind of painting we associate with Vilhelm Hammershøi; pictures of sparsely furnished rooms. Occasionally, a woman reading or simply being in the room, often with her back turned. The artist conjures up a charged atmosphere using small means – light, shadow, space, walls and doorways. Even if the painting actually depicts the artist’s home, the rooms have a timeless character. A place for memories and imagination.
Date: 1900
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 73 cm (28.7 in). Width: 61 cm (24 in).
Framed: Height: 89 cm (35 in). Width: 76 cm (29.9 in). Depth: 6 cm (2.4 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: V H [monogram]
SKU: 272566
