From the interior...
6:19 p.m.
24/03/20 - A few days ago, an Argentine newspaper published the artwork "Interior" by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi (Denmark, 1864-1916), which went unnoticed to us during our visit to the Orsay Museum and during the exhibition of his works at the Jacquemart-André Museum, because we were trapped by other interiors like those by Gustave Caillebotte, Vermeer or Edward Hopper. However, as Arthur Danto explained, “the paintings don't change, we do”. And in this particular time, Hammershoi's painting acquires new meaning.
Interior (Strandgade 30, 1901), de Vilhelm Hammershoi
The room in the painting belongs to the artist's house in Strandgade 30, Copenhague, and the woman showing her back to us is probably his sister or his wife Ida Ilster. For the intimacy of this room, the artist chose a palette of grey and blues (except for the musical instrument), while the outside showing through the windows is mostly pink. The composition presents several straight angles, enhancing the strictness of the mood, and a diffuse lighting.
The woman presents a strange position on the chair, almost kneeling on the edge. Even if we don't see her face, we know she is spying something or someone on the street and her movement does not in any way contaminates the peculiar nostalgia of the composition.
The woman presents a strange position on the chair, almost kneeling on the edge. Even if we don't see her face, we know she is spying something or someone on the street and her movement does not in any way contaminates the peculiar nostalgia of the composition.
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