Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927)
Fishermen launching a rowing boat. 1881
Oil on canvas
Height: 120 cm (47.2 in); Width: 183 cm (72 in)
Skagens Museum
Michael Ancher was very fascinated by the fishermen. They put their lives on the line when they fished or when they worked as rescuers. Here a group of fishermen are seen pushing a boat into a very turbulent sea. Their family and friends are standing on the beach and probably hoping that everything goes well this time too. In this picture, Ancher focuses on the heroic aspect of the fishermen's duties, and the seriousness of the situation is reflected in the fishermen's faces. At the end of the 19th century, many pictures of fishermen and farmers were exhibited at the exhibition grounds in the major European cities. The people of the cities often had a romantic notion of rural life. Although they could not imagine living as farmers or fishermen, the farmer and the fishing population as well as their surroundings represented something original and unspoiled that the people of the cities longed for. More on this painting
Michael Peter Ancher (9 June 1849 – 19 September 1927) was a Danish realist artist, and widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the lakes, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen.
Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927)
A stroll on the beach, c. 1896
Oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
w161 x h69 cm
Skagens Museum
Michael Ancher is probably best known for his many pictures of Skagen's fishermen and their life with the harsh nature in Skagen, but he also portrayed the more peaceful aspects of life in the city. In the early 1890s, PS Krøyer painted his first blue-toned mood paintings from Skagen Sønderstrand, and Michael Ancher was very inspired by Krøyer's paintings. In Ancher's paintings from the 1880s, the beach is first and foremost a workplace, but in the 1890s the beach also becomes a promenade for the better bourgeoisie, and that is exactly what Ancher has painted in this picture. The picture shows merchant and Justice Lars Holst's four daughters and a friend: Forrest Ida Holst, then TV. sister Anna Holst together with her friend Elisabeth Bang (later married to the violinist Anton Svendsen) and then Minne and right. Sophie Holst. More on this painting
Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927)
A Baptism, c. between 1883 and 1888
Oil on canvas
Height: 186 cm (73.2 in); Width: 250 cm (98.4 in)
Ribe Kunstmuseum
Depicted people; Anna Ancher, Helga Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
En Pogeskole i Skagen/ Vocational school , c. 1881
Oil on canvas
80×70 cm.
Private collection
Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927)
Kunstdommere/ Art Judges, c. 1906
Oil on canvas
Height: 156.5 cm (61.6 in); Width: 223 cm (87.7 in)
The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg
Depicted people; Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Peder Severin Krøyer, Laurits Tuxen, Holger Drachmann
Ancher was born at Rutsker on the island of Bornholm. The son of a local merchant, he attended school in Rønne but was unable to complete his secondary education as his father ran into financial difficulties, forcing him to fend for himself. In 1865, he found work as an apprentice clerk at Kalø Manor near Rønde in eastern Jutland. The following year, he met the painters Theodor Philipsen and Vilhelm Groth who had arrived in the area to paint. Impressed with his own early work, they encouraged him to take up painting as a profession. In 1871, he spent a short period at C.V Nielsen's art school as a preliminary to joining the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen later in the year. Although he spent some time at the academy, he left in 1875 without graduating.
Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927)
The Lifeboat is Taken through the Dunes, c. 1883
Oil on canvas
Height: 171 cm (67.3 in); Width: 221 cm (87 in)
Statens Museum for Kunst
With this painting Michael Ancher continued his tale of the heroic fishermen of Skagen. An epic on a grand scale, the narrative opened with the question Will He Weather the Point, went on to a happy preliminary end, as it were, with A Crew is Rescued and was finally concluded in The Drowned Fisherman (See below). A contemporary history painting. Previously, history painting was a vehicle for the depiction of great and good deeds done by mythological heroes and men who made history. Common people only made an appearance as rank and file soldiers or in anonymous crowds. The works of Michael Ancher, however, represent the culmination of counteracting endeavors to place ordinary men as the main characters of contemporary history painting. More on this painting
Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927)
The red lifeboat is leaving, c. 1920
Oil on canvas
126×162 cm
Private collection
Michael Ancher (Danish, 1849 - 1927)
A Crew Rescued, c. 1894
Oil on canvas
116 x 159 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst
One of his student companions was Karl Madsen who invited him to travel to Skagen, a small fishing village in the far north of Jutland where the Baltic and North Sea converge. From the mid-1870s, he and Madsen became key members of a group of artists who congregated there each summer, known as the Skagen Painters.
Michael Peter Ancher
Two Skagen fishermen in a rowing boat at dusk
Oil on canvas
42×52 cm.
Private collection
Michael Peter Ancher
Fisherman at stormy sea
Oil on canvas
40 x 53 cm
Private collection
Michael Peter Ancher (Danish, 1849–1927)
View of Skagen Beach with fishermen hauling in the fishing-nets, c. 1909
Oil on canvas
88 x 125 cm. (34.6 x 49.2 in.)
Michael Ancher (Danish, 1849 - 1927)
Fishermen by the Sea on a Summer's Evening, c. 1888
Oil on canvas
141 x 188.5 cm
Museum Kunst der Westküste
Michael Ancher (1849 - 1927)
Fishermen homeward bound from the beach, Evening sun, c. 1899
Oil on canvas
77 x 113 cm.
Private collection
After Ancher first visited Skagen in 1874, he settled there joining the growing society of artists. The colony of painters regularly met in the Brøndums Hotel in Skagen in order to exchange ideas.
Michael Ancher (1849 - 1927)
Portrait of the Artist’s fiancée Anna Brøndum, c. 1878)
Oil on canvas
57,5 x 49,2 cm
Art Museums of Skagen
Michael Ancher’s first encounter with his fiancée can be dated to the summer of 1874, the decisive year when Ancher visited Skagen for the first time. Like all other visitors of the time, he stayed at Brøndum’s Inn, and came into contact with the Brøndum family.
In the portrait, Ancher demonstrates his talent as a portrait artist, and the painter’s interest and affection for the model is palpable. Anna’s gaze is steely and serious, but also heartfelt and warm. The portrait is influenced by Renaissance portraiture, particularly Dutch painting of the 1600s, where Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) was a great source of inspiration for the Danish painter. Anna and Michael Ancher visited Holland in 1885 and saw several of the old Dutch masters. More on this painting
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Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927) Portrait of my wife, c. 1884 Oil on canvas H 183.3 cm (72.1 in); W 119.8 cm (47.1 in) Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen
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Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927) Blue Anna Ancher returning from the field, c. 1902 Oil on canvas w98.3 x h187.1 cm Skagens Art Museums
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It is a warm and atmospheric image, which is dominated by the blue and yellow colors of the summer sky and fields and Anna's figure in calm gait )Painting on the right). In the background on the far left is the Sanded Church. Anna is wearing a reform dress.
The idea of the dress was to move away from the narrow and unhealthy cross to a loose dress in which the woman could move more easily. The picture tells a lot about the artist herself, about Anna, and their mutually respectful relationship. Ancher has placed his wife in a lush landscape in the otherwise sandy Skagen. She keeps her head raised, her gaze fixed on the horizon and moving forward. More on this painting
In 1880 Ancher married fellow painter and Skagen native Anna Brøndum, whose father owned the Brøndums Hotel. In the first years of their marriage, the couple had a home and studio in the "Garden House", which is now in the garden of the Skagens Museum. After the birth of their daughter Helga in 1883, the family moved to Markvej in Skagen.
He achieved his artistic breakthrough in 1879 with the painting Vil han klare pynten (Will He Round the Point?). Michael Ancher's works depict Skagen's heroic fishermen and their dramatic experiences at sea, combining realism and with classical composition. Key works include The Lifeboat is Carried Through The Dunes (1883), The Crew Are Saved (1894) and The Drowned Man (1896).
Michael Peter Ancher
Fisher woman in the dunes
Oil on canvas
19×23 cm.
Private collection
Michael Peter Ancher
An old woman reading by the window
Oil on canvas
31×26 cm.
Private collection
Michael Peter Ancher
To unge piger/ Two young girls, c. 1879
Oil on canvas
95×95 cm.
Private collection
He achieved his artistic breakthrough in 1879 with the painting Vil han klare pynten (Will He Round the Point?). Michael Ancher's works depict Skagen's heroic fishermen and their dramatic experiences at sea, combining realism and with classical composition. Key works include The Lifeboat is Carried Through The Dunes (1883), The Crew Are Saved (1894) and The Drowned Man (1896).
Michael Peter Ancher
Seascape from Skagen, c. 1913
Oil on panel
32×42 cm.
Private collection
Michael Peter Ancher
Coastal scene from Skagen Sønderstrand, c. 1923
Oil on panel
25.5×30.5 cm.
Private collection
Michael Ancher was influenced by his traditional training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the 1870s which imposed strict rules for composition. His marriage to Anna Ancher did, however, introduce him to the naturalistic concept of undecorated reproduction of reality and its colours. By combining the pictorial composition of his youth with the teachings of naturalism, Michael Ancher created what has been called modern monumental figurative art, such as A Baptism.
Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927)
Den syge pige/ The Sick Girl, c. 1882
Oil on canvas
80 × 85 cm (31.4 × 33.4 in)
Statens Museum for Kunst
Michael Ancher
Den druknede/ The drowned fisherman, c. 1893
Oil on canvas
56 x 70 cm.
Private collection
Michael Ancher
The Last Greeting From Friends
Oil on canvas
I have no further description, at this time
Among other places, the works of Anna and Michael Ancher can be seen at the Skagens Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst, the Frederiksborg Museum, The Hirschsprung Collection, and Ribe Art Museum. Michael Ancher received the Eckersberg Medal in 1889 and in 1894 the Order of the Dannebrog. Originally many of Ancher's paintings hung in the dining room of the Brøndums Hotel. The painter P.S. Krøyer conceived the idea of placing paintings by different artists in the wall panels. In 1946 the dining hall was moved to Skagens Museum. More on Michael Peter Ancher
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