1912
oil
canvas
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Dominant colour
Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25 is a 1912 oil by Vilhelm Hammershøi, a Realism work, depicting Easel, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25 is an oil-on-canvas work by Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi, created in 1912. The piece shows the interior of his own apartment at Bredgade 25 in Copenhagen, the place where he lived until his death in 1916. It was purchased by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 2018 and now belongs to their collection. If you’re curious about more of Hammershøi’s quiet domestic scenes, you might also look into the subject easel. You can also explore the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25 (Danish: Interiør med kunstnerens staffeli, Bredgade 25) is an oil-on-canvas painted by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi in 1912. Acquired by the Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, in 2018. The painting depicts the artist's apartment at Bredgade 25 in Copenhagen, which was his address up to his death in 1916.
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Hammershøi is renowned for his sense of minimalism and his color palettes which consist of muted neutral colors, which consist of greys, desaturated yellows, greens, etc. His minimalism is also a major component of Scandinavian design, and many of his works is representative to this aesthetic, in addition to emphasis on natural lighting. Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25 is one of four paintings that depicts Hammershøi's easel. There are two other variants that feature the apartment in addition with the easel. A 1910 painting of the same subject is located in Statens Museum for Kunst, which…
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The painting was sold from the artist to Leonard Borwick in 1912, who was an enthusiast of Hammershøi's work. It was then acquired from Borwick to Adam Black in 1912. Passed on by descent, it was sold at Christie's European Art Auction on 31 October 2018, where it was sold to the Getty Museum for US$5,037,500, making it the most expensive Danish art piece, which initially had an estimate of $1.5–2.0 million. The museum purchased it through Jack Kilgore & Co. Getty Museum Director Timothy Potts stated: "We are delighted to be able to add this extraordinary work by one of the most important…
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Vilhelm Hammershøi (), often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 1864 – 13 February 1916), was a Danish painter.
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