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Vilhelm Hammershøi

1864 - 1916

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Vilhelm Hammershøi (), often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 1864 – 13 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is not one of those about whom one can speak quickly. His work is wide-ranging and slow, and at whatever moment one comprehends it, it will always provide an opportunity to talk about what is important and essential in art". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilhelm Hammershøi is the 274th most popular painter (up from 300th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 95th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Painter.

Hammershøi is most famous for his paintings of Danish interiors.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Vilhelm Hammershøi ranks 274 out of 2,023. Before him are Gerard ter Borch, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Gentile da Fabriano, Carel Fabritius, Gerda Wegener, and Gerrit Dou. After him are Angela Hitler, Orazio Gentileschi, Hubert van Eyck, François Gérard, Pieter Aertsen, and Lucas van Leyden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Vilhelm Hammershøi ranks 22. Before him are Frances Cleveland, Charles Cooley, Yun Chi-ho, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Heinrich Wölfflin. After him are Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Paul Sérusier, John Jacob Astor IV, Jules Renard, Eugen d'Albert, and Frank Wedekind. Among people deceased in 1916, Vilhelm Hammershøi ranks 31. Before him are Charles de Foucauld, Karl Schwarzschild, Enrique Granados, Eduard Strauss, Émile Verhaeren, and Max Reger. After him are Elisabeth of Wied, Percival Lowell, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Rubén Darío, and Gaston Maspero.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Vilhelm Hammershøi ranks 83 out of 1,032. Before him are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Michael Laudrup (1964), Christopher I of Denmark (1219), and Gerda Wegener (1886). After him are Peter Schmeichel (1963), Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879), Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873), and Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Vilhelm Hammershøi ranks 6. Before him are Lili Elbe (1882), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Carl Bloch (1834), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), and Gerda Wegener (1886). After him are Michael Ancher (1849), Anna Ancher (1859), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), and Paul Gustav Fischer (1860).

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