Vilhelm Hammershoi: Painting as Poetry Boudier An essay by Antonio Sergio

An essay by Antonio Sergio Bessa and a text by Jonathan Lethem accompany the photographs

Helsinki September 7 – 25

où nous sommes restés chez nous

(sighs softly) est une tentative d’approfondissement d’un personnage par son interprète

- Représentation diversifiée : le livre contient des photographies de couples de tous milieux

Vilhelm Hammershoi: Painting as Poetry Boudier An essay by Antonio SergioVilhelm Hammershi (18641916) is internationally acclaimed for the interior paintings he produced at Strandgade 30 in Copenhagen, the home he shared with his wife, Ida, from 1898 to 1909. Rendered in a superb range of greys, these quiet rooms also served as the artists studio. Ida appears again and again as a favoured motif, often with her back turned towards the viewer. Taking as its starting point fresh readings of Hammershis figures, interiors,