Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927)
Three fishermen in the evening sun. Signed M. A. Oil on canvas. 46×65 cm.
The present painting is presumably one of several studies that Ancher made for the painting “Fiskere vender hjem fra Nordstranden. Aftensol” (Fishermen homeward bound from the beach. Evening sun) from 1899, which was exhibited at Charlottenborg the same year as no. 6.
Easily recognizable to the left in the painting is fisherman and lifeguard Ole Svendsen (1830–1906), who served in the Danish navy during the Three Years' War. In 1862 he became a permanent employee of Skagen's lifeboat. He received several medals of honour, he was i.a. decorated with the Silver Cross of the Order of Dannebrog 1887. Michael Ancher often placed the stout rescuer in a prominent place in his paintings, e.g. in the two well-known ones: “Vil han klare Pynten” (Will he round the point, The Art Museums of Skagen, Inv. No. 1837) and “Redningsbåden køres gennem Klitterne” (The lifeboat is taken through the dunes, The National Gallery of Denmark, Inv. No. KMS1222).
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