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Skagens Museum
Brøndumsvej 4About
The glory days of the artists of the Skagen School of painting live again at this impressive museum. The apogee of their art was created from the beginning of the 1870s until the turn of the 20th century. The Skagen artists were inspired by naturalism and open-air painting, their favorite motif being the fishermen working on local beaches or their quaint cottages. The artists came to celebrate the North Sea landscape, everything bathed in that special light that seems to exist in Skagen. The major artists of this period included Michael Ancher (1849-1909) and his wife, Anna Ancher (1859-1935). You'll also see works by another of the school's leading painters, P. S. Krøyer (1851-1909), plus many more -- the entire collection consists of 1,800 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and graphic works. The museum opened its doors in 1928 but with only 325 works of art.
