Young Oak Trees
1907 · Oil on canvas · Statens Museum for Kunst
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About this work
- Artist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916)
- Year
- 1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 55 × 77 cm
- Collection
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen
- Movement
- Symbolism
Two slender young oaks grow side by side on a grassy crest, their olive-green leaves loose and windblown against a pale sky of drifting grey and blue cloud. The horizon is low, so the trees stand in the middle of the canvas and the sky takes up most of the rest. Hammershøi painted landscapes of the countryside around Copenhagen as well as rooms and buildings; he signed and dated this one VH 07 at lower left. It is listed in Alfred Bramsen's 1918 catalogue of his work and entered the National Gallery of Denmark in 2026.
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
Pale sky-blue, grey and olive green give an airy landscape for a bedroom, bright hallway or a living room furnished in linen and wood. Pair it with Friedrich's Winter Landscape and hang this one at 24×18 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1907)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, hallway or entryway, dining 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
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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.
