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#LighthouseArt of the Day

Michael Ancher (Danish, 1849-1927), A road through the dunes and a #lighthouse at a distance, 1882, oil on canvas.

Private collection, via Bruun-Rasmussen, bruun-rasmussen.dk

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A path leads through dunes, a lighthouse tower stands on the horizon in the distance.
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Fisherman Kræn Wollesen Mending the Net by Anna Ancher, 1892, Skagen Museum (Skagen, Denmark)

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This painting depicts the fisherman Kræn Wollesen, a local figure from Skagen, Denmark, meticulously mending his fishing net. The scene is bathed in soft, natural light, characteristic of Ancher's style, and focuses on the everyday life and labor of the fishing community. The composition is intimate, drawing the viewer into the quiet concentration of the fisherman. The muted color palette and realistic depiction emphasize the harsh realities and humble dignity of life at sea. Ancher was a prominent figure in the Skagen Painters (Skagensmalerne) movement, a group of artists who gathered in Skagen, Denmark, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This movement was part of the broader Realist and Naturalist trends in European art, rejecting Romantic idealism in favor of depicting everyday life and the natural world with accuracy and honesty. The Skagen Painters were also influenced by Impressionism, particularly n their use of light and color. This work exemplifies the shift away from historical or mythological subjects between scenes of contemporary life.
October 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Little Brother by Anna Ancher, 1905, The Hirschsprung Collection (Copenhagen, Denark)

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September 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#LighthouseArt of the Day

Holger Drachmann (Danish, 1846-1908), Coastal view from #Skagen with the grey #lighthouse, 1907, oil on canvas.

Private collection, via Bruun Rasmussen, bruun-rasmussen.dk

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A grey lighthouse tower stands to thr left on the shore of a choppy sea. A shop is sailing on thr sea to the right. Most of the image is taken up by a sky of gathering clouds, the light suggesting dusk or dawn.
August 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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#LighthouseArt of the Day

Ludvig Holm (Danish, 1884-1954), The white #lighthouse, #Skagen, 1913, oil on canvas.

Private collection, via Bruun Rasmussen, bruun-rasmussen.dk

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A white lighthouse tower stands among dunes and green grass under a blue sky with white clouds. A path lined by a wooden post and rail fence leads to the lighthouse. There are houses in the distance.
August 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Michael Peter Ancher (Danish, 1849-1927), Spring day at #Skagen #Lighthouse, n.d., oil on canvas.

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A white stone tower stands in a field of green grass under a blue sky.
August 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Interior vith Clematis by Anna Ancher, 1913, Skagens Museum (Skagen, Denmark)

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In this picture, Ancher has painted her own studio in her home, Anchers Hus. It looks, however, more like a living room without any indications that this is an artist's working space: there is no easel, no paintbrushes and most importantly, no paintings. Instead, she has chosen to focus on the table and the arrangement of clematis flowers on the table, and the window framed by the light blue curtains. In 1913, the architect Ulrik Plesner designed a new wing to Anchers Hus with studios for both Anna Ancher and her husband Michael Ancher. Anna Ancher probably painted this picture shortly after the completion of the wing. The painting gets its title from the clematis in the vase on the table. The clematis is the cultivar Jackmanii, which still grows in the gardens at Anchers Hus and Skagens Museum.
July 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen: The Painter and his Wife by
Peder Severin Krøyer, 1899, The Hirschsprung Collection (København, Denmark)

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One of the best-known paintings of the Skagen Painters, it depicts Krøyer with his wife Marie and his dog Rap strolling on the beach in the moonlight. The Skagen Painters were a close-knit group of mainly Danish artists who gathered each summer from the late 1870s in the fishing village of Skagen in the far north of Jutland, painting the local fishermen and their own gatherings. Krøyer arrived there in 1882, quickly becoming the most prominent member of the group. In 1895, in a letter to his friend Oscar Björck, Krøyer wrote "I am also thinking of painting a large portrait of my wife and me together — but for that I shall definitely need good weather, so it won't be this year." In fact, it was four years later, in the summer of 1899, that he finally created his large painting. Maybe it was in recognition of 10 years of marriage with Marie Triepcke as illustrated in other works of family life at the time as well as in a number of the photographs and sketches he used as a basis for the work.
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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April 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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April 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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April 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#LighthouseArt of the Day

Carl Locher (Danish, 1851-1915), "Skagen Rev Fyrskib (Skagen Reef #Lightship)," 1892, oil on canvas.

Skagen Museum, skagenskunstmuseer.dk

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The painting shows a lightship at anchor in heavy seas, viewed from the prow. The ship's hull is red with a horizontal white band, within which faint red letters spell the legend "Skagen Rev." A single mast rises amidships, topped by a spherical lantern. The silhouettes of two double-masted schooners are in the background. The sky is full of heavy, dark clouds, though the rays of the sun are breaking through, suggesting a storm is either gathering or has just passed. The red of the ship's hull stands out in stark contrast to the overall color scheme, in which dark shades or grey and blue are prevalent.
February 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Anna Ancher (Danish, 1859-1935), "Måneskinsaften. #Fyrtårn. (Moonlit Evening. #Lighthouse.)," 1904, oil on wood.

Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum, Germany, mkdw.de

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This painting, rendered in subdued pastel colors, shows a white lighthouse rising from among a small cluster of small red buildings on the shore of a calm sea. Most of the painting is taken up by the sky, in which a large, yellow, gibbous moon shines. In the foreground is a blue-green expanse, perhaps a field, ending in a beach by an inlet, on the opposite side of which the lighthouse stands.
February 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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February 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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View from My Studio: Snowstorm by Holger Drachmann, 1906, Skagens Museum (Skagen, Denmark)

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A windmill and town fade into distance behind a man walking against the wind. The painting is mostly blues, pinks, and whites that give the sense of looking at a blizzard.
December 12, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Fishing Cutters in the Moonlit Night by Carl Locher, 1888, Skagens Museum (Skagens, Denmark)

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December 3, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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"Sommeraften ved Skagen Sønderstrand" - P.S. Krøyer, 1893, Skagens Museum:
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P.S. Krøyer, født 1851 i Stavanger, død 1909 i Skagen, var en af Skagensmalerne. Han voksede op hos sin moster i København.

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November 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM