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Come and find out why his paintings are the perfect antidote to the noisy, stressful, and information-filled society we inhabit today!
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‘Denmark’s Vermeer’: The Silent Beauty of Vilhelm Hammershøi

What mysteries are contained within Vilhelm Hammershøi’s empty, poetic interiors?

Hammershøi was one of the finest painters of his generation in Denmark. He ignored the development of modern art and choose instead to paint melancholic, muted interiors in shades of grey. His paintings, created at the turn of the 20th Century, have a remarkable ability to depict loneliness and have taken on a poignancy during our age of lockdowns and alienation. And yet, within his canvases is also a deep sense of calm and tranquillity.

This talk will explore a selection of Hammershøi’s finest works. Come and find out why his paintings are the perfect antidote to the noisy, stressful, and information-filled society we inhabit today!
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Stella Grace Lyons is a freelance Art History lecturer, speaker and writer accredited with The Arts Society. She has lectured across the UK, Ireland, Spain, Norway, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Malaysia and will soon embark on a lecturing tour in Australasia.

Stella gained her BA in the History of Art with a 1st class in her dissertation from the University of Bristol (2007-2011), and her MA in History of Art from the University of Warwick.

She spent a year studying Renaissance art in Italy at the British Institute of Florence, and three months studying Venetian art in Venice. In addition, she attended drawing classes at the prestigious Charles H. Cecil studios in Florence, a private atelier that follows a curriculum based on the leading ateliers of nineteenth century Paris.

Stella runs her own Art History lectures and is a regular lecturer in the UK and Europe for The Arts Society, ACE Cultural Tours, Hebridean Island Cruises, Saga’s Art Appreciation Tours, and the National Trust, amongst others. Stella is also a part-time lecturer for the University of South Wales.

She has written about art for several publications and her article on Norwegian art was recently featured on the front cover of the Arts Society Magazine. In addition to her lecturing work, Stella works as an artist’s model for the internationally renowned figurative artist, Harry Holland.