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Peder Severin Krøyer

Born: Stavanger, Norway, 23 July 1851
Died: Skagen, 21 November 1909
Nationality: Norwegian-Danish
Background: 

child of single mother, declared incompetent when he was 9; raised by aunt and uncle in Copenhagen

Studies: 

at the Copenhagen Akademy (Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster) (1864-70); with Léon Bonnat in Paris (1877-79)

Career: 

1871 – first public exhibition, at Charlottenborg Palace (Portrait of Frans Schwartz); exhibits there regularly throughout his life

1873 - wins gold medal from Copenhagen Academy

1870s – joins artist colony at Hornbaek

1879 – paints in Brittany

1881 – Italian Village Hat Makers wins medal at Paris Salon

1882 – returns to Denmark; begins teaching in Copenhagen; joins Michael and Anna Ancher and Viggo Johansen in Skagen; begins teaching at Artists' Study School (Kunstnernes Studieskoler, Copenhagen)

1888 – organizes French Art Exhibition in Copenhagen; receives Légion d’honneur

Travels

Paris 1877; Spain (1878); Brittany (1879); Italy (1879-81); regular travel between Copenhagen and Skagen from 1882

Patrons

Heinrich Hirschsprung

Important Artworks: 

Italian Village Hat Makers, 1880  (Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen)

Hipp, Hipp, Hurra! Artists’ Luncheon in Skagen, 1883 (Göteborgs Konstmuseum). In the right foreground is Anna Ancher with her daughter Helga. Christian Krohg is the second man on the left (long beard) and behind him stands Krøyer.

Self-Portrait with Hat, 1897 (Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen)

Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen. Artist and his Wife, 1899 (Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen)