Launching the Boat. Skagen
Launching the Boat. Skagen (Danish: Båden sættes i søen. Skagen) is an 1884 painting by the Swedish artist Oscar Björck. It depicts the activities of the local fishermen, a favourite subject for the Skagen Painters. Launching the Boat is the largest of Björck's open-air paintings from Skagen. It is on display in Skagens Museum.
Background
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 and celebrations. Oscar Björck first arrived in Skagen in 1882, encouraged by P. S. Krøyer whom he had met in Paris. He immediately became attached to the artists' community there, especially Michael Ancher, his wife Anna and Holger Drachmann.[1] Björck spent several summers there, completing some of his best paintings under the influence of Krøyer and the French Naturalism movement.[2][3]
Painting description
Measuring 160 by 194.5 centimetres (63.0 in × 76.6 in), Launching the Boat is the largest of Björck's open-air paintings from Skagen. It presents the everyday work of the local fishermen. In contrast to Ancher's Will He Round the Point?, there is no sense of alarm or danger in his painting. The thick layers of paint on the canvas help to convey the foaming surf and the coarseness of the sand. The fisherman at the front of the boat is Ole Svendsen who can also be seen in many of Ancher's paintings of the Skagen fishermen.[4] The painting is in the collection at Skagens Museum.[5]
References
- ^ Svanholm, Lise (2004). Northern Light: The Skagen Painters. Gyldendal A/S. pp. 69–71. ISBN 978-87-02-02817-1.
- ^ Madsen, Karl (1929). Skagens Malere og Skagens Museum (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 103.
- ^ "Oscar Björck (1860–1929)". Skagens Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Oscar Björck: Båden sættes i søen. Skagen – (1884)" (in Danish). Skagens Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Oscar Björck: Launching the boat. Skagen – (1884)". Skagens Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
Further reading
- Svanholm, Lise (2004). Northern Light: The Skagen Painters. Gyldendal A/S. ISBN 978-87-02-02817-1.
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- Skagens Museum
- Brøndums Hotel
- Michael and Anna Ancher's House
- Drachmann's House
- Christian Blache
- Vilhelm Melbye
- Johan Peter Raadsig
- Martinus Rørbye
- Jørgen Aabye
- Helga Ancher
- G. F. Clement
- Tupsy Clement
- Wilhelm von Gegerfelt
- Ella Heide
- Einar Hein
- Ludvig Karsten
- Vilhelm Kyhn
- Frederik Lange
- Charles Lundh
- Anna Palm de Rosa
- Wilhelm Peters
- Julius Runge
- Adrian Stokes
- Marianne Stokes
- Fritz Stoltenberg
- Frits Thaulow
- Laurits Tuxen
- Johannes Wilhjelm
- J. F. Willumsen
- Men of Skagen on a Summer Evening in Fair Weather (1848)
- Launching the Boat. Skagen (1884)
- Will He Round the Point? (1885)
- Hip, Hip, Hurrah! (1888)
- Hunters of Skagen (1898)
- Sunlight in the Blue Room (1891)
- Summer Evening at Skagen. The Artist's Wife and Dog by the Shore (1892)
- Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach (1893)
- Roses (1893)
- Leiv Eirikson Discovering America (1893)
- Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife (1899)
- Harvesters (1905)
- Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach (1906)
- The North Sea in Stormy Weather (1909)