Ancher, Michael

Michael Peter Ancher 1849-1927, maler. Michael Ancher var 25 år gammel, da han i juli 1874 for første gang kom op til Skagen. Han var en slider, der ikke kom let til sine resultater, og følte sig truet på sin eksistens, da andre malere kom til Skagen og tog fat på de motiver, som han havde fundet og betragtede som sin personlige ejendom.

1849: Født: 9. juni 1849, Bornholm

1874: Til Skagen første gang

1880: 18. aug.: Gift i Skagen med Anna Brøndum

1883: 19. aug.: Får datteren Helga

1886: Medlem af byrådet.

1889: Bad sig fritaget fra byrådet

1908-1926: Medstifter af Skagen Museum og medlem af bestyrelsen

1927: Død 19. september i Skagen, 78 år gammel Gravsted.dk

Lokationer i Skagen

Michael Peter Ancher 1849-1927, painter. Michael Ancher was 25 years old when he first came to Skagen in July 1874. He was a slider who did not come easily to his results, and felt his existence threatened when other painters came to Skagen and took up the subjects he had found and considered his personal property.

1849: Born: 9 June 1849, Bornholm

1874: To Skagen for the first time

1880: 18 Aug: Married in Skagen to Anna Brøndum

1883: 19 Aug: Has daughter Helga

1886: Member of the town council.

1889: Asked to be released from the town council

1908-1926: Co-founder of Skagen Museum and member of the board

1927: Died 19 September in Skagen, 78 years old

Locations in Skagen

  • Garden House

  • Markvej 2

Relations

  • Anna Ancher

  • Helga Ancher

Biografi i relation til Skagen

Michael Ancher var 25 år gammel, da han i juli 1874 for første gang kom op til Skagen sammen med Karl Madsen.

Under forberedelserne til optagelsen på Kunstakademiet traf han Karl Madsen, som lovpriste Skagen i høje toner og omsider fik ham med. Michael Ancher forsøgte forgæves at få afgangsbevis fra Akademiet, men det lykkedes ikke. Han opgav derfor studierne og søgte en kort tid vejledning hos P.S. Krøyer.

Om den første tid i Skagen har Ancher selv gjort nogle optegnelser. Han søgt sammen med Karl Madsen modeller til billederne, og fik fat i Lars Gaihede, der var særdeles villig til at stille op, men i løbet af nogle dage begyndte de at føle en mærkelig kløe i kroppen og tænkte på at gå til doktoren, men ved nærmere undersøgelse viste det sig at være nogle velvoksne eksemplarer af Lars' gæster ...

Michael Ancher kom godt ud af det med de lokale fisker og kom med det deres gilder, "der var ligeså gemytlige som beskedne: kaffe og punch af den simpleste rom i en kop med et stykke fedt flæsk til"

Han var en slider, der ikke kom let til sine resultater, og følte sig truet på sin eksistens, da andre malere kom til Skagen og tog fat på de motiver, som han havde fundet og betragtede som sin personlige ejendom. Mest frygtede han P.S. Krøyer, men kappestriden med ham gav ham ekstra kræfter og med tiden blev deres venskab dybt og varmt.

Han var et udpræget friluftsmenneske og nød at gå på jagt på alle årstider på hederne omkring byen. Samtidig værdsatte han familielivet, som han også malede, og var tæt knyttet til familien Brøndum.

Det første år på Skagen gav ham blod på tanden, også fordi han hurtigt faldt til hos gæstgiverens (Brøndums). Den 15-årige Anna Brøndum serverede på kroen, og da efteråret kom, var Ancher som den eneste tilbageblevne af malerne budt med til hendes konfirmation.

Ancher vendt tilbage til Skagen året efter og i løbet af de følgende somre, voksede følelserne mellem Anna Brøndum og Michael Ancher, og i 1880 blev de gift. Det samme gjorde Annas to kusiner, Martha og Henriette Møller. Martha med Viggo Johansen og Henriette med Karl Madsen.

Anna og Michael Ancher flyttede ind i Havehuset, hvor de boede i 4 år. Da parret i 1883 fik datteren Helga Ancher, flyttede familien til huset på Markvej.

Michael Ancher dør den 19. september 1927. Familien planlægger at afholde begravelsesceremonien den 23. i hjemmets have. Den have, der gennem hele Michael Anchers liv er samlingspunktet for vennerne i de solfyldte sommerdage og lyse nætter. Fiskerne, ville give ham den sidste hilsen ved at bære han kiste fra haven til graven. Men desværre må alle planer ændres i hast - begravelsesdagen oprinder med byger. Ceremonien flyttes med hast til Skagen Kirke. Dog bærer fiskerne kisten - fra kirken til graven.

Biography in relation to Skagen

Michael Ancher was 25 years old when he came to Skagen for the first time in July 1874 together with Karl Madsen.

While preparing for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts, he met Karl Madsen, who praised Skagen in high tones and finally persuaded him to join. Michael Ancher tried in vain to graduate from the Academy, but was unsuccessful. He therefore abandoned his studies and briefly sought guidance from P.S. Krøyer.

Ancher himself made some notes about his first time in Skagen. Together with Karl Madsen he sought models for the pictures, and got hold of Lars Gaihede, who was very willing to pose, but within a few days they began to feel a strange itching in their bodies and thought of going to the doctor, but on closer examination they turned out to be some well grown specimens of Lars' guests ...

Michael Ancher got on well with the local fishermen and brought with him their guilds, "which were as convivial as they were modest: coffee and punch of the simplest rum in a cup with a piece of fat pork to go with it"

He was a hard working painter who did not come easily to his results, and felt his existence threatened when other painters came to Skagen and took up the subjects he had found and considered his personal property. He feared P.S. Krøyer most, but the contest with him gave him extra strength and in time their friendship became deep and warm.

He was a marked outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting in all seasons on the moors around the city. At the same time, he valued family life, which he also painted, and was close to the Brøndum family.

His first year in Skagen gave him a taste for painting, also because he quickly fell in with the hosts (Brøndums). The 15-year-old Anna Brøndum served at the inn, and when autumn came, Ancher was the only remaining painter invited to her confirmation.

Ancher returned to Skagen the following year and over the following summers, feelings grew between Anna Brøndum and Michael Ancher, and in 1880 they were married. So did Anna's two cousins, Martha and Henriette Møller. Martha to Viggo Johansen and Henriette to Karl Madsen.

Anna and Michael Ancher moved into the Garden House, where they lived for four years. When the couple had their daughter Helga Ancher in 1883, the family moved to the house on Markvej.

Michael Ancher dies on 19 September 1927. The family plans to hold the funeral ceremony on the 23rd in the garden of the home. The garden, which throughout Michael Ancher's life is the gathering place for friends in the sunny summer days and bright nights. The fishermen, would give him the last greeting by carrying he coffin from the garden to the grave. But unfortunately, all plans must change in a hurry - the funeral day is approaching with showers. The ceremony is hastily moved to Skagen Church.

However, the fishermen carry the coffin - from the church to the grave.

På fotoet her der det dog vennerne der bærer kisten. Forrest til vendtre Chresten Degn og bagerst til højre Johan Brodersen.

Michael Ancher

English:

Michael Ancher was born on the 9th of June in 1849 on the island of Bornholm, where his father was a farmer and a grocer.

In the age of 16 he started as a clerck apprentice on Kalø estate in Djursland.

Here he met several artists, and he himself got a desire to become a painter. He started to draw and paint in his spare time.

In 1871 he was accepted on the academy of art and studied for several years to become at painter, even if never he graduated. He left the academy for good some years later.

In 1874 he had his debut, with the picture “Maternity room of Jutland” on the spring exhibition of Charlottenborg. The very same year he visited Skagen for the first time.

He went to Skagen several times. On his first visit in 1874 he had met the daughter of Ane Hedvig and Erik Brøndum, Anna. He fell in love with Anna and a few years later and they were engaged in 1877.

He did several paintings and in 1880 he had his break through with the painting “Will he make the Point” which were sold to the king of Denmark for the amount of DKK 3.000 (a skilled craftman made an annual income of DKK 900 at that time) and he and Anna could now afford to get married. The wedding took place on Annas 21th birthday

After the wedding they lived in the old garden house at Brøndums Hotel.

Around 1880 Skagen became the center for at lot of artists like painters, authors, poets and sculptors.

Michael Ancher painted the altarpiece for the church in Frederikshavn, but when the church council saw the painting, they did not want to buy it. The story was, that one of the persons on the painting was Holger Drachman. The painters often used their friends as models when not using the local people. Michael Ancher must have needed the money for the painting, because he did repaint it with another model, but when we look on the shadow of the model it is still Holger Drachman, so anyway the church got a bit of Holger Drachman.

Although Michael Ancher himself made Skagen famous and known in many countries he was at first against Skagen being made a modern outdoor location, but that is what happened and the artists started to attract tourists to Skagen.

When Anna and Michael had their first and only child Helga in 1883 the needed more space, and they moved to a house on Markvej. It is now a museum, donated by their daughter Helga Ancher who set up a foundation to preserve the house.

Michael Ancher spent most of his adult life in Skagen, but did travel to Paris and Italy.

Together with others he took part in founding Skagen Museum. Hotel owner Degn Brøndum donated the plot for the museum and in 1926 the building of the museum started. The museum opened in 1928, but sadly Michael Ancher died the year before, so he never saw the result of all the efforts.