Michael Ancher

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Michael Ancher

Michael Ancher (born June 9, 1849 in Frigaard on Bornholm , † September 19, 1927 in Skagen ) was a Danish impressionist painter and a co-founder of the Skagen artists' colony .

life and work

Anna Ancher returns from the field , 1902
Michael Ancher painted by Peder Severin Krøyer

The son of the businessman Hans Michael Ancher and Ellen Elisabeth Munch moved to Copenhagen in 1870/71 , where he first attended the law faculty, as well as C. V. Nielsen's drawing school and then the Royal Danish Art Academy . Ancher made his debut as a painter in 1874 and went on long trips, including to Paris and Italy .

After a first visit in 1874, Ancher settled in Skagen on the northern tip of Denmark. Together with his wife, the painter Anna Ancher , whom he married in 1880, and other friends and family members, Ancher built the artist group of Skagen painters . She maintained international contacts, but remained committed to Skagen and its special lighting conditions caused by the meeting of the North and Baltic Seas .

The Norwegian painter Peder Severin Krøyer was his rival, but also his friend.

Ancher made sure during his lifetime that the Skagen painters had their own museum at the place where they worked. His own house, Michael & Anna Anchers Hus , can also be visited; the daughter Helga Ancher (1883–1964) also became a painter; she bequeathed her parents' house to a museum foundation.

  • Hipp, hipp, hurray! Artist festival in Skagen , by PS Krøyer , Ancher is the sixth from the left .

  • The Sick Girl (Den syge pige), 1882

literature

  • Elisabeth Fabritius : Michael Anchers ungdom 1865–1880. Herning 1992 (Danish)
  • Elisabeth Fabritius: Michael Ancher og de modern Gennembrud 1880–1890. Copenhagen 1999 (Danish)

Web links

Commons : Michael Ancher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b William Hauptman, Peter Nørgaard Larsen: Impressions du Nord - La peinture scandinave 1800-1915 (catalog) . Fondation de l'Hermitage / 5 Continents Éditions, Lausanne / Milano 2005, p. 154 .
  2. ↑ Michael Ancher , skagensmuseum.dk.
personal data
SURNAME Ancher, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish impressionist painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Frigaard, Bornholm
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1927
Place of death Skagen