Vilhelm HammershøiDanish, 1864–1916Landscape, From Lejre
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Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Vilhelm Hammershøi’s landscapes often, as here, lack people. Instead his vision is focused on a few prominent features – the curved shapes of the fields, echoed by the rounded hills and verdant copses. Together with the white summer clouds, the landscape offers a sense of unimpeded, billowing rhythm. In 1905 Hammershøi painted a series of landscapes from the district of Lejre on Zealand in Denmark, which included this painting.
Nationalmuseum
Particulars
In the catalog
Sources
- Nationalmuseum
- Image: Nationalmuseum — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Vilhelm Hammershøi
The whole life1898–1909
Lives at Strandgade 30
From 1898 to 1909 he lives with his wife at Strandgade 30, where he paints many of his best-known interiors. Ida often appears in them, usually seen from behind, and is also the model in similar works by her brother Peter Ilsted, Hammershøi’s lifelong friend, business partner and colleague.
by 1905
German collectors buy his paintings
By 1905 Hammershøi’s works have taken Germany by storm, and German collectors buy many of the master’s canvases.
1905
Rilke writes about Hammershøi
Rainer Maria Rilke writes of the artist that he is not one of those about whom one can speak quickly: his work is wide-ranging and slow, and whenever one comprehends it, it offers an occasion to talk about what is important and essential in art. Rilke and Emil Nolde sought him out and both remarked on his retiring manner and reluctance to talk.
1906
A large exhibition in Hamburg
A large exhibition of Hammershøi’s work is organised in Hamburg.
