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Peder Severin Krøyer / Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife

Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife

1899 · Oil and zinc oxide on canvas

LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Genreportrait
Dimensions135 × 187 cm

Why it matters

Krøyer and his wife Marie stroll on the beach in the moonlight with their dog Rap. It is one of the best-known paintings of the Skagen Painters.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1899.
  • Krøyer arrived in Skagen in 1882.
  • He planned a large double portrait as early as 1895.

Based on the Wikipedia article Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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