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HAMMERSHOY Wilhelm (1864-1916)
William Hammershey was born into a wealthy merchant family . Talent for drawing at Hammersheya opened early and encouraged by their parents. Studied drawing with 8 years, in 1876-1885 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 in the Danish pavilion 4 paintings were exhibited Hammersheya .

In 1891, the artist married Ida Ilsted , then newlyweds go on their honeymoon in Germany , France, Italy and England. In Hamburg Hammershey met with the director of the local art museum Alfred Lihtvarkom . At the same time it fails to meet is also in this period in France, his artistic ideal of James Whistler . During a trip to Germany in Dusseldorf Hammershey met with the famous German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who subsequently visited the artist in Copenhagen.
Back home , the family of the artist settles in Copenhagen. By 1905, the product Hammersheya conquer Germany , collectors who buy a large canvas wizard. In 1906, it organized a large exhibition in Hamburg. In 1909-1910 the artist becomes a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. Laureate of international art exhibitions in Italy and in the United States . He died due to throat cancer .

Paintings often depict V.Hammersheya architectural structures and home interiors , it also portraits and landscapes. His works are full of peace , calm and melancholy. Images mostly transferred gray , white, green or blue paint , and shades of these colors. The artist admired the work of American James McNeill Whistler.

Now William Hammershey is one of the most famous artists in Scandinavia , his work is represented in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. In 2008, the Royal Academy in London, the first major exhibition of his work in the UK , "William Hammershey : Poetry of Silence ."