Skagen’s Museum
From the end of the 1870s and up to the turn of the century, Skagen was an international venue for young artists. Its location between the Skagerak and Kattegat created an especially favourable working environment for the young painters adhering to the naturalistic plein air-ism. Their preferred motifs were the landscape and the beaches by the sea, everyday life in the fishing village and the tiny sunlit rooms. Through their Skagen paintings the artists achieved world-wide fame at the great exhibitions in Paris , Vienna , Berlin , Venice , Chicago and elsewhere.
Skagen’s Museum, founded in 1908 by a group of the Skagen painters, houses 1700 paintings, drawings, sculptures and handicrafts by artists working in Skagen between 1870 and 1930 – plus the Brøndum Dining Room, with paintings and artists’ portraits mounted in the panelling, transferred from the Brøndum’s Hotel in 1946. Many of the art works reflect the period of naturalism and plein air painting in the last decades of the 19 th century when the artist colony in Skagen flourished. The museum is situated in a lovely garden close to Brøndum’s Hotel, where many of the artists stayed and gathered.
Useful information for excursion planners:
Opening hours: 10 AM – 5 PM. Max. 30 persons in a group and max. 3 groups per hour. Please note that only the guides from the museum are allowed to guide inside. However an introduction can be made in the coach prior to the visit. Distance from the coach to the entrance is 30 m. From coach to handicap entrance 40 m. The museum does not have an elevator to the first floor.
Duration: 1-1½ hours