Locher, Carl

Børn

Carla Locher (1876-1938), lærerinde. Gift med dommer Chr. Adolf Andreasen (1867-1941). Sammen fik de datteren Bodil (Begtrup) (1903-1987)

Axel Thilson Locher (1879-1941), billedhugger. Gift med Johanne (Jo Hahn) født Jensen. De fik ingen børn

Ellen Locher (1883-1956), billedkunstner. Gift med polarforsker William Thalbitzer (1873-1958). De fik ingen børn.

Bodil Locher (1885-1969), hortonom. Gift med ingeniør Aage Hüttemeier (1871-1959). Sammen fik de døtrene Hedvig (gift Lehn Jensen) og Kirsten Hüttemeier.

Jens Thilson Locher (1889-1986), redaktør og forfatter. Gift med Helga Mentz (1889-1986). Sammen fik de børnene Jan og Niels Locher (Mugge)

(Kirsten Hüttemeier er således barnebarn af Carl Locher)

Død: 20.12.1915 i Skagen

Begravet i Kunstnergravene på Skagen Assistents Kirkegård sammen med familien.

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Gravsted

Lokationer i Skagen

Østre Strandvej 55

Relationer

Axel Locher

Kirsten Hüttemeier

Biografi i relation til Skagen

Carl Locher kom første gang til Skagen i 1872 på anbefaling af Holger Drachmann, som underviste ham i marinemaleri.

Han var et af den voksende kunstnerkolonis tidligste medlemmer, og kammeratskabet og den genside udveksling af ideer og erfaringer med især Karl Madsen gav ham den selvtillid og tro på egne evner, som bragte ham videre.

Inspireret af den franske impressionisme (I Paris) fornyede han marinemaleriet i Danmark, og han blev en sand mester i at indfange havets stemninger i alt slags vejr.

Locher var en fremragende tegner. Fra 1893 til 1896 studerede han radérkunst i Berlin på statsstipendium. Herefter fik han statsstøtte til at oprette en radérskole i København, som bl.a. søgtes af Krøyer og Anna og Michael Ancher.

Som årene gik blev Skagen hans andet hjem. Han boede i begyndelsen på Grenen hos fyrinspektør Meyer, dernæst i et Døchersk filttelt på en klit ved stranden i Vesterby.

Locher led af en hjertesygdom, som efterhånden gjorde det svært for ham at gå. Han tilbragte sine sidste år i Skagen, og blev begravet ved siden af Krøyer på Skagen kirkegård.

En stor del af Lochers raderinger findes i Skagens Museums samling i dag.

Michael Ancher: "Locher med sin hund Tiger", 1909, Skagens Museum. Bemærk ligheden mellem hund og herre!

Michael Ancher: “Locher with his dog Tiger”, 1909. Skagen’s Museum. Notice the likeness between dog and master!

English (translation: Grete Hjort)

Carl Ludvig Thilson Locher, 1851-1915 Marine Painter, Etcher

1872 Carl Locher arrived in Skagen for the first time. Holger Drachmann had recommended the place to Locher.

He was one of the early members of the growing artists’ colony, and the friendship and the mutual exchange of ideas and experiences with especially the painter Karl Madsen gave him confidence and belief in his own gifts and promoted his career.

Inspired by the French impressionism (in Paris) he renewed the marine painting in Denmark and he became the true master in catching the notions of the sea in all sorts of weather.

Locher was an excellent designer. From 1893 to 1896 he studied etching in Berlin supported by a state allowance. Afterwards he was supported by the state in establishing an Etching School in Copenhagen which was frequented by Krøyer and Anna and Michael Ancher.

As the years passed Skagen became his other home. At first he lived at Grenen with the inspectors at the lighthouse, afterwards in a Doecker felt tent on a sand-dune at the beach of Vesterby.

1910 he built a house at the address Østre Strandvej 55 with a big studio close by the beach. Here he could sit and paint his favourite motive: the sea.

A small anecdote from “Mennesker og kunst på Skagen” [People and Art at Skagen]:

In connection with the building he was helped financially by a grocer, who was also general manager of a bank, and at the same time Locher purchased goods from the very same grocer’s. At the inauguration of the house Locher served his famous punch and made a very special speech to the friend who had helped him through the difficulties. But one month later the bill from the grocer’s arrived and Locher almost fainted from the chock. Would you believe it, he said, that such a mercenary spirit would treat me so. He had to get a loan from Frederikshavn Bank, but for several years Locher never gave hand to the grocer in question whenever they met socially.

Locher suffered from a heart disease which by and by made it difficult for him to walk. He spent his last years in Skagen and was buried next to P.S. Krøyer in the graveyard of Skagen.

Today a big part of Locher’s etchings exists in the collections of Skagens Museum.

Children

Carla Locher (1876-1938) teacher. Married to Judge Chr. Adolf Andreasen (1867-1941). Together they had the daughter Bodil (Begtrup) (1903-1987)

Axel Thilson Locher (1879-1941) sculpture. Married to Johanne (Jo Hahn) born Jensen. They had no children.

Ellen Locher (1885-1956) artist. Married to the polar researcher William Thalbitzer (1871-1959). Together they had the daughters Hedvig (married Lehn Jensen) and Kirsten Hüttemeier.

(Kirsten Hüttemeier is grandchild of Carl Locher.

Jens Thilson Locher (1889-1986), editor and author. Married to Helga Mentz (1889-1986). Together they had the children Jan and Niels Locher (Mugge).

Links og litteratur

Den Store Danske - maler Carl Locher

Wkipedia - Carl Locher

Skagens Museum - Carl Locher

Kulturarv - Carl Locher

Artikel i Politikken "Skagensmaler var for perfekt til at blive kendt"

Lambert: Skagen en kunstnerkoloni, en introduktion til skagenmalerne, 2001

V.Chr. Klæbel: "Mennesker og kunst på Skagen"