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Vilhelm Hammershoi ranks among the pre-eminent Scandinavian artists from the turn of the twentieth century. At once traditional and avant-garde - maintaining a self-conscious dialogue with the artistic traditions of his homeland while being thoroughly conversant with contemporary European trends
- Hammershoi helped redefine modernism, both in terms of its aesthetic quality and geographic range.
He was first and foremost a painter of interiors - of hushed, near-deserted spaces populated by a solitary, seemingly spellbound figure. Contemplative and hauntingly still, these scenes comprise the majority of his oeuvre and are the works for which the artist is best known.
Landscapes, however, also played a central role in Hammershoi's art. This sheet is a magnificent example of the artist's unique approach to the genre, where strangeness and silence prevail, and space and line defy all expectations. The work is a precise preparatory study for the central
portion of a large-scale painting. . . .Hammershoi worked meticulously on
each individual tree, deftly defining the structure of the trunk and crown, establishing its precise position in relation to the road and imbuing it with a particular personality.
While "Group of Trees" depicts a deserted-looking thoroughfare flanked by trees, the Royal Road was in actual fact one of Copenhagen's busiest arterial roads. Unlike his Nordic contemporaries Hammershoi eschewed Romantic notions of pure nature untouched by civilization and instead transformed populated areas into desolate, barren landscapes seemingly abandoned by humanity. A sense of alienation and disquiet pervades his work.
Despite the low horizon and resulting high sky in this drawing, there seems to be a total absence of air or atmosphere - an emptiness all around. The grouping of trees, suspended in time, is a microcosm of the world, their seriality suggesting infinite expansion. And yet there is a claustrophobic quality to the scene.
Equally unconventional in "Group of Trees" is the distance between the scene and the beholder: no one has ever perceived and painted a Danish landscape that way before. The road is no longer as it traditionally was: a route into the internal space of the picture, a powerful source of connection. Here it runs parallel to the sheet - there is no way in. For Hammershoi, the work of art no longer served to mediate between humans and nature, but rather emphasized the distance between them.
-- notes from the catalogue "Gathered Leaves" --
I work with an awesome young lady named Ting-Ting. She is cute and Asian, and although I am old and not nearly as cute, I am convinced that I have a cute Asian girl hidden deep in my personality. So, Ting was bored today and drew this for me, detailing the many things we commonly love and explaining why we are a match made in heaven.
The things we love:
Music (The Bird & The Bee, Imogen Heap)
Harry Potter
Ice Cream
Asian Things
Cute Geeky Boys
Mac Things
The Beatles LOVE Show
I love how she even drew one of my favorite Threadless shirts that she loves.
I played Nomeansno's "Mama" at school and asked my 10yo pupils to draw what they felt. They don't understand English.
See also - www.flickr.com/photos/castroz/tags/drawing/
Drawing I did a few months ago. I think my style has changed a little. I still think she is nice though.
Charcoal and pencil on paper about 22" x 15".
For more on this one, you could have a look at my blog: davewhatt.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/oh-look-another-smudge...
mixed media , approx 60X80" //made by WSD art & design staff & students this morning // thanks to Dionne