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Poetry of Silence
Sitting inside a cone-shaped sculpture open to the sky outside the Royal Academy waiting for my Friend, I was becoming aware of space and light which Vilhelm Hammershoi's art has in abundance
The atmosphere is subdued as you walk into the Sackler Wing All Hammershoi's paintings are in subtle shades of ochre, grey and brown The main body of his work features interiors, mainly of his apartment in Copenhagen All the rooms are very simply furnished, maybe just a table and chair, a piano, sideboard or stove Curtains are deliberately draped and drawn back to reveal the window beyond Both windows and doors feature prominently, letting in shafts of light which are reflected in the furniture or on the bare wooden floor boards A feeling of simplicity and peace pervades each picture These bare rooms are filled with light, and often have a portrait of his wife, viewed from the back He obviously enjoyed the sensuous line of the nape of her neck He painted her dressed in solid black or shades of Quaker grey, doing simple things, looking out of a window, sewing, placing a cup and saucer on the table; all have an air of familiarity and domesticity
Andy Stoller & Judy Kirby
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