Thursday, January 16, 2025

Michael Ancher
(1849 - 1927)
 
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ancher


The Lifeboat is Taken through the Dunes
1883
Oil on canvas
221 x 171 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS1222
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