Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1864–1916 · Danish
Vilhelm Hammershøi
Hammershøi painted quiet Copenhagen interiors in a narrow range of greys, whites and muted browns, often with a single figure seen from behind.
Across 4 works, the colors are mostly gray (47%), brown (46%) and black (4%). On average the canvases are light, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: dark grey, grey, cool grey, oatmeal and stone.
Color print
The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.
- MG 216 dark grey 16.0% of canvas
- MG 172 oatmeal 9.9% of canvas
- MG 215 grey 8.8% of canvas
- MG 175 stone 8.7% of canvas
- MG 217 iron 6.6% of canvas
- MG 176 taupe 5.9% of canvas
- MG 209 cool grey 5.7% of canvas
- MG 173 putty 5.5% of canvas
- MG 174 warm grey 4.4% of canvas
- MG 218 graphite 3.9% of canvas
- MG 214 pewter 3.7% of canvas
- MG 171 bone 3.0% of canvas
- MG 210 slate 2.6% of canvas
- MG 222 charcoal 2.3% of canvas
- MG 181 light sand 2.2% of canvas
- MG 213 light grey 1.7% of canvas
Measurements
Composition
Averaged over 4 works: 54% of the visual weight in the left half, 55% in the lower half; symmetry 0.20; 51% calm space; half of the detail in 28% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.