Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927) Woman in a long light summer dress looks out over the sea at Skagen beach. Signed and dated M. A. 08. Oil on canvas. 43×37 cm. Michael Ancher worked with the charming motif of the woman/women on the beach several times. The painting here can be compared to works of P. S. Krøyer with beautiful women in summer dresses strolling on the beach in the sunlight or in the evening atmosphere, The “l'heure bleu”. Ancher displays how skilfully he handles the colours, the light and the composition and manages to create nothing less than the essence of the Skagen feeling. Ancher is especially known for his paintings of the local people of Skagen, first and foremost fishermen and their wifes, but as time went by he started to include young and well-dressed women from the middle classes. At the end of the 19th century Skagen became a popular place for wealthy Copenhageners to spend their summer holidays. The well-off summer guests now both appeared in the paintings and bought them as souvenirs reminding them of warm and happy days in Skagen.
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Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927) Woman in a long light summer dress looks out over the sea at Skagen beach. Signed and dated M. A. 08. Oil on canvas. 43×37 cm. Michael Ancher worked with the charming motif of the woman/women on the beach several times. The painting here can be compared to works of P. S. Krøyer with beautiful women in summer dresses strolling on the beach in the sunlight or in the evening atmosphere, The “l'heure bleu”. Ancher displays how skilfully he handles the colours, the light and the composition and manages to create nothing less than the essence of the Skagen feeling. Ancher is especially known for his paintings of the local people of Skagen, first and foremost fishermen and their wifes, but as time went by he started to include young and well-dressed women from the middle classes. At the end of the 19th century Skagen became a popular place for wealthy Copenhageners to spend their summer holidays. The well-off summer guests now both appeared in the paintings and bought them as souvenirs reminding them of warm and happy days in Skagen.
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