Oscar Björck
Skagen Fishermen Smoking Pipes, 1889
Oil on Canvas, 112 x 86,5 cm
Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr
Oscar Björck (1860–1929)
The Swedish painter Oscar Björck came to Skagen in 1882 and befriended P.S. Krøyer, who he shared a studio with in 1884. The portraitist particularly admired Anna Ancher’s talent for colour. From 1900 onwards, his life took a completely different turn, leaving Skagen and embarking on a conventional career as an academy professor and art commissar.