NEW YORK, NY.- Showcasing the best works by the acclaimed Nordic master of light and solitude, Hammersh鴌: Painter of Northern Light (Rizzoli Electa; April 2023), Author Jean-Loup Champion and Frank Claustrat and Pierre Curie and Marianne Saabye, is the first major book on the artist since 1998.

The paintings of Vilhelm Hammersh鴌 (1864–1916) have become increasingly popular due their almost contemporary aesthetic. Admired and celebrated during his lifetime, Hammersh鴌 gradually fell into oblivion before being rediscovered in the 1990s. He is now recognized as the iconic painter of Nordic light and solitude.




This newly researched monograph presents the artist’s best works, many drawn from rarely seen private collections. Enigmatic and subtle, his paintings feature empty interiors, shades of gray, and the silhouette of a lone figure. Reminiscent of Edward Hopper, Hammersh鴌 has an impassioned following who will appreciate this new volume.

Multiple scholarly texts and an illustrated chronology shed new light on Hammersh鴌’s art and explore links with contemporary artists highlighting Hammersh鴌’s singular genius and more radical aesthetic, which still engages and surprises us today.

The Author
Jean-Loup Champion is a sculptor, publisher, art historian, curator, and editor of several books. Frank Claustrat is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History at Montpellier University in France as well as a noted expert on Nordic art. He has been published in Artnord, L’Œil, Connaissance des Arts, and La Gazette Drouot. Pierre Curie is curator at the Mus閑 Jacquemart-Andr� in Paris. Marianne Saabye is a Danish art historian and author who was the director of the Hirschsprung Collection from 1986 until 2016.