Friday, February 14, 2014

Danish paintings

Two of my very favorite painters now are Carl Holsoe and Vilhelm Hammershøi.  Both Danish and oddly enough to me, brothers-in-law.  Take a look at these two paintings.

Similar, but the Holsoe is very fancy in relation to the one by Hammershøi.  I find this amazing.  Tell you what---open up two browser pages (Bonnie, I know you'll do this) and compare the work.  Amazing is the only word for it.  Same sorts of settings and manner of posing models.  Simply beautiful.  And what I'm showing you here just scratches the surface.  

~by Hammershøi
~by Holsoe