Interior. Artificial Light
1909 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1909
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 60 × 82.8 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
Two lit candles stand on a small round table in an almost black room, their glow picking out the tabletop, the curved end of a settle on the left and the corner of a second table on the right. The whole scene sits inside a painted oval, as if seen in a mirror. Most Hammershøi interiors are lit by daylight and often include a woman; the National Gallery of Denmark points out that here he made an exception, a dark room at night with no one in it and furniture arranged for no evident purpose. He painted it in 1909, and the museum acquired it in 2012.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Near-black with two small candle flames, it suits a dining room, a dark-painted snug or a bedroom wall lit by a lamp. Pair it with Böcklin's Isle of the Dead and hang this one at 24×18 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1909)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, dining room, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
