{"product_id":"9783775763431","title":"Vilhelm Hammershøi. Painter of the Quiet Sound","description":"Vilhelm Hammershøi is one of the most fascinating artists of the period around 1900. With a sparse visual language and a reduced color palette, he created interiors that, in their focus on the essential, possess an overwhelming poetic charm. People rarely appear in his paintings, and when they do, they are seen from behind or engrossed in everyday activities. For the first time, this text explores the role of sound in Hammershøi's visual worlds. The painter himself played the cello, and musical instruments are a recurring subject in his compositions. The subtitle \"Painter of Silent Sound\" only superficially describes a paradox. For as \"silent\" as the paintings may seem at first glance: it is a silence that resembles the concentrated calm immediately before the start of a concert. A silence that demands our attention and invites us to listen – thus revealing an entirely new side to Hammershøi's art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916) is considered the most important representative of Danish interior painting. At the time of his death, he was a widely celebrated painter – his admirers included Rainer Maria Rilke and Emil Nolde. Later, his work increasingly fell into oblivion outside his homeland until he was \"rediscovered\" throughout Europe about a hundred years later. To this day, his monochrome interiors, in whose meditative stillness a subtle play of light and shadow unfolds, continue to impress.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56627698237704,"sku":"9783775763431","price":31.93,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775763431_0befc534-25e7-4562-9744-de9931d1652f.jpg?v=1779526125","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.com\/products\/9783775763431","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}