Skagen Painters P.S Krøyer Michael & Anna Ancher Viggo Johansen Laurits Tuxen

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A collection of wonderful Skagen paintings.The Skagen painters captured the beautiful nature, shimmering colours and special Nordic Skagen light in beautiful and romantic paintings that often showed ordinary people, such as fishermen, going about their daily tasks. The Skagen paintings are forever part of the soul of Skagen. They were painted with much love for the people and nature in Skagen, which gives them a special beauty and character all their own. The music with much Nordic romanticism was composed by Lars-Erik Larsson: God in Disguise, The Disguised God, Förklädd Gud Op. 24: Prelude Folk Song Night, Folkvisenätter, for string orchestra Pastoral Suite Romance, Pastoralsvit 'Skagensmalerne var en en skandinavisk kunstnerkoloni, som bosatte sig i Skagen for at male i stedets specielle lys. Deres kunstneriske produktion kendetegnes af realistiske friluftsmalerier i rige farver. Skagensmalernes kunst var især naturlige billeder, dvs. billeder af naturen og af almindelige dagligdags gøremål. Skagensmalerne er fortrinsvis kendt for at have malet billeder af fiskernes hårde og farlige liv. Blandt de første malere til at tage på sommerophold på Skagen var Karl Madsen i 1873. Nogle af de mest kendte skagensmalere er P.S. Krøyer, Christian Krohg, Holger Drachmann, Laurits Tuxen og ægteparret Michael og Anna Ancher. Andre skikkelser var Carl Locher, Viggo Johansen, Thorvald Niss samt svenskerne Oscar Björck og Johan Krouthén. Skagensmalerne var en del af det moderne gennembrud (ca. 1870-1900). Mange af kunstnerne boede i perioder på Brøndums Hotel, som var ejet af Brøndum, Anna Anchers far. En del af betalingen for opholdet var gerne et kunstværk. Nogle er på hotellet, men de fleste hænger i dag på det nærliggende kunstmuseum. Kunstnerkolonien er rigt repræsenteret på bl.a. Skagens Museum og Den Hirschsprungske Samling.' 'The Skagen Painters were a group of Scandinavian artists who gathered in the area of Skagen, the northernmost part of Denmark, from the late 1870s until the turn of the century. Skagen was a summer destination whose scenery and quality of light attracted northern artists to paint en plein air following the French Impressionists—though members of the Skagen collective were also influenced by realist movements such as the Barbizon school. They broke away from the rather rigid traditions of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, espousing the latest trends in Paris. Skagen, in the very north of Jutland, was the largest fishing community in Denmark, with more than half of its population so engaged. Among the locals, fishermen were by far the most common subject for the Skagen painters.Skagen's long beaches were figured in the group's landscapes. Peder Severin Krøyer was inspired by the light of the evening "Blue Hour", which made the water and sky seem to optically merge. This is captured in one of his most famous paintings, Summer Evening at Skagen Beach -- The Artist and his Wife. The Skagen painters quickly began to form a close-knit community as relationships grew between the artists and the young women from the area. In 1880, Michael Ancher married Anna Brøndum from the guest house, Viggo Johansen married Martha Møller, Anna's cousin, and Karl Madsen married Helene Christensen, a schoolteacher. The house the Anchers moved into in 1884 became a focus for the artists' colony, especially as the couple lived there all the year round. When their daughter Helga (the little girl in Hip, hip, hurrah!) died in 1964, she left the house to a foundation which soon turned it into Skagen's Museum, dedicated to the works of the Skagen painters. In 1890, the railway to Skagen not only led to the expansion of the village but also brought in considerable numbers of tourists. It was largely responsible for breaking up the regular summer meetings of the artists' colony as they could no longer find suitable accommodation and venues for their meetings. However, some of them purchased homes in Skagen: P.S. Krøyer in 1894, Laurits Tuxen in 1901, Holger Drachmann in 1903. Anna and Michael Ancher, Krøyer and Tuxen continued to paint in Skagen until well into the 20th century and were occasionally joined by their earlier friends.'