Vilhelm Hammershøi's Distilled Art

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Resting, 1905, oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Resting, 1905, oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches

Altoon Sultan blogs about the paintings of Vilhelm Hammershøi.

Sultan writes: "The close harmony of grays and blacks, the stillness, the soft light, the simple compositions lend to Hammershøi's paintings a sense that we are seeing what is essential in his world and thus in ours."