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Vilhelm Hammershøi: the eminence in greys — Richard Morris

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Thirty years ago, it wasn’t easy tracking down Vilhelm Hammershøi. Many of his paintings remained in private hands and unless you went to Copenhagen, you were unlikely to come across more than a couple hanging together. Now, a painter who was bypassed and undervalued for several decades is everywher

Vilhelm Hammershøi: the eminence in greys 5 Mar Written By Richard Morris Thirty years ago, it wasn’t easy tracking down Vilhelm Hammershøi. Many of his paintings remained in private hands and unless you went to Copenhagen, you were unlikely to come across more than a couple hanging together. Now, a painter who was bypassed and undervalued for several decades is everywhere and value of his work has sky-rocketed. Over the last six years, auction prices for his paintings have exceeded £4 million ($5 million) on multiple occasions. There are four paintings in public collections in the UK, the Nat

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