Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927)
The lifeboat goes out. C. 1920. Signed M. A. Oil on panel. 41×56 cm.
Study for a larger painting with the dimensions 128×165 cm, that one dated 1920, and sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 871, 2018 no. 32, ill. p. 41.
Michael Ancher left the Academy in 1875 to stay for longer periods in Skagen. He became very interested in the life and work of the fishermen and as he got to know their hard life more and more, his paintings took on a more realistic character. There is no Danish painter who has taken so much effort in depicting the life of the Skagen fishermen as Michael Ancher.
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Paintings and drawings, 6 December 2023