Søndermarken in Winter
1895–1896 · Oil on canvas · The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen
The whole painting, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1895–1896
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
Bare trees stand in rows across a snow-covered slope, their dark trunks and fine branches drawn against a brown-grey sky. There are no people, paths or buildings, only the trees, the snow and their faint shadows. The palette is almost monochrome: warm grey, umber and a pinkish white. Søndermarken is a park in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, and Vilhelm Hammershøi painted this view of it in the winter of 1895 to 1896. He is best known for quiet, emptied interiors of his own flat, and he brought the same stillness to the few landscapes he painted. The ground and underpainting show through in many places, especially in the sky. According to the catalogue of his work, the canvas was once larger and its unfinished part was cut away. The painting belongs to the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Dark bare trunks against snow and a brown-grey sky, almost without colour. Pair it with Hammershøi's Tree Trunks, Arresødal in a study or bedroom, framed in black to keep its quiet greys.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895–1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original painting, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
