Skagen Museum

Skagens Museum, Brøndumsvej 4, 9990 Skagen

Historie

Skagens Museum blev stiftet i Brøndums spisesal den 20. oktober 1908. Fem personer er væsentlige i forbindelse med museets stiftelse:

  • Maler Michael Ancher (dobbeltstatuen udført af L. Tuxen)

  • Maler P.S. Krøyer (dobbeltstatuen)

  • Laurits Tuxen (statue)

  • Apoteker Victor Christian Emanuel Klæbel,

  • Hotelejer Degn Brøndum

Disse blev valgt ind i den første bestyrelse. Opgaven var at samle kunstværker af skagensmalerne og skaffe økonomiske midler til opførelsen af en museumsbygning.

  • 1907-09 udstillede skagensmalerne i Teknisk Skole (Ulrik Plesner) Besøg af kongen af Siam (Thailand) Rama V Chulalongkorn)

  • 1911 Efter P.S. Krøyers død i 1909 blev hans bolig i Plantagen taget i anvendelse som museum.

  • 1919 skænkede Degn Brøndum hotellets gamle have til Skagens Museum.

  • 1926 Her påbegyndtes museumsbyggeriet i 1926 efter tegninger af arkitekten Ulrik Plesner.

  • 1928 Den nye museumsbygning blev indviet.

Museets samling bestod på dette tidspunkt af ca. 325 kunstværker, mange af dem var gaver fra kunstnerne selv.

Udvidelser i 1982, 1989, 2004 og sidst i 2014-16

Teknisk Skole

Den 5. juli 1907 åbnede den første udstilling med værker af skagensmalerne i Teknisk skole. Udstillingen fik fornemt besøg, idet kongen af Siam, Chulalongkorn (Rama V), gæstede udstillingen kort før den åbnede officielt.

Skagen Tekniske Skole blev opført i 1906 efter tegninger af Ulrik Plesner, og bygherren var Skagen Håndværkerforening. I 1949 blev bygningen udvidet med en sidefløj. I 1966 blev Teknisk Skole nedlagt, og siden har bygningen været anvendt som fritidshjem, medborgerhus og uddannelsescenter. Siden 1997 har Skagens Museums administration haft til huse i bygningen. Nu er det til salg.

Krøyers Hus

Den gulkalkede længe i Vesterby i Skagen blev bygget omkring 1800 som bolig for byfogeden. I begyndelsen af 1830’erne blev en ny bolig opført på grunden, fordi den gamle længe var meget forfalden.

Fra 1891 til 1894 lejede Marie og P.S. Krøyer Madam Bendsens gård i Vesterby, hvor Martha og Viggo Johansen tidligere havde boet til leje.

I 1894 fik parret Krøyer lov til at leje den gamle længe, der lå ved siden af byfogedens bolig, og de fik arkitekten Ulrik Plesner til at stå for ombygningen og moderniseringen af huset. Marie Krøyer stod for en stor del af husets indretning, hun havde bl.a. designet et møblement, flere stole, pudebetræk samt dekorative vinduesrammer til huset.

I sommeren 1895 flyttede familien Krøyer ind og P.S. Krøyer boede i kortere eller længere perioder i huset indtil sin død i 1909.

Krøyers Hus som museum

Efter Krøyers død i 1909 undersøgte Skagens Museums muligheden for at erhverve Krøyers Hus for at anvende det som et foreløbigt museum. Det lykkedes. Krøyers Hus åbnede som museum i 1911.

De første sæsoner kostede det 50 øre i entré at besøge museet, og et lokalt ægtepar holdt opsyn i udstillingerne. Da museumsbygningen stod færdig i 1928, flyttede man de mest betydningsfulde værker fra Krøyers Hus til museet.

I perioden fra 1928 til 1940 fungerede Krøyers Hus som en afdeling af Skagens Museum, men antallet af besøgende i Krøyers Hus faldt og i 1943, under Anden Verdenskrig, opsagde bestyrelsen den lejekontrakten. I stedet henstillede bestyrelsen, at Krøyers tidligere bolig i Skagen blev udlejet til en kunstner, så huset igen kunne fungere som kunstnerbolig. Fra 1943 boede kunstnerparret Marie og Victor Haagen-Müller i huset, og efter ægtemandens død i 1959 dannede huset rammen om Marie Haagen-Müllers kunstneriske virke, indtil 1995 hvor Skov- og Naturstyrelsen overtog huset.

History

Skagens Museum was founded in Brøndum's dining room on 20 October 1908. Five people are significant in connection with the museum's foundation:

  • Painter Michael Ancher (double statue by L. Tuxen)

  • Painter P.S. Krøyer (the double statue)

  • Laurits Tuxen (statue)

  • Pharmacist Victor Christian Emanuel Klæbel,

  • Hotel owner Degn Brøndum

These were elected to the first board. The task was to collect works of art by the Skagen painters and raise funds for the construction of a museum building.

  • 1907-09 the Skagen painters exhibited in the Technical School (Ulrik Plesner) Visit of the King of Siam (Thailand) Rama V Chulalongkorn)

  • 1911 After P.S. Krøyer's death in 1909, his residence in Plantagen was used as a museum.

  • 1919 Degn Brøndum donated the hotel's old garden to Skagen Museum.

  • 1926 Construction of the museum began here in 1926 to designs by the architect Ulrik Plesner.

  • 1928 The new museum building was inaugurated.

At this time the museum's collection consisted of some 325 works of art, many of them donated by the artists themselves.

Extensions in 1982, 1989, 2004 and most recently in 2014-16

Technical School

On 5 July 1907, the first exhibition of works by the Skagen painters opened in the Technical School. The exhibition received a distinguished visit, as the King of Siam, Chulalongkorn (Rama V), visited the exhibition shortly before it officially opened.

Skagen Technical School was built in 1906 to designs by Ulrik Plesner, and the builder was the Skagen Craftsmen's Association. In 1949 the building was extended with a side wing. In 1966 the Technical School was closed down and since then the building has been used as a recreation centre, community centre and education centre. Since 1997, the Skagen Museum administration has been housed in the building. Now it is for sale.

Krøyer's House

The yellow-walled long in Vesterby in Skagen was built around 1800 as a residence for the town bailiff. In the early 1830s, a new dwelling was built on the site because the old longhouse was very dilapidated.

From 1891 to 1894, Marie and P.S. Krøyer rented Madam Bendsen's farm in Vesterby, where Martha and Viggo Johansen had previously lived.

In 1894, the Krøyers were allowed to rent the old longhouse, which was next to the town bailiff's residence, and they commissioned the architect Ulrik Plesner to rebuild and modernise the house. Marie Krøyer was responsible for a large part of the house's furnishings, including the design of furniture, several chairs, cushion covers and decorative window frames.

In the summer of 1895 the Krøyer family moved in and P.S. Krøyer lived in the house for shorter or longer periods until his death in 1909.

Krøyer House as a museum

After Krøyer's death in 1909, Skagens Museums investigated the possibility of acquiring Krøyer's House for use as a temporary museum. It succeeded. Krøyer's House opened as a museum in 1911.

During the first few seasons, the entrance fee was 50 øre, and a local couple looked after the exhibitions. When the museum building was completed in 1928, the most important works were moved from Krøyer House to the museum.

From 1928 to 1940 Krøyer's House functioned as a branch of Skagens Museum, but the number of visitors to Krøyer's House declined and in 1943, during the Second World War, the board of directors terminated the lease. Instead, the board recommended that Krøyer's former residence in Skagen be rented to an artist so that the house could once again function as an artist's residence. From 1943, the artist couple Marie and Victor Haagen-Müller lived in the house, and after her husband's death in 1959, the house was the setting for Marie Haagen-Müller's artistic work until 1995, when the Forest and Nature Agency took over the house.

Siden 1928 har følgende været direktører for Skagens Museum

1928-1938 Karl Madsen

1938-1949 V. Thorlacius-Ussind

1950-1968 Jan Zibrandtsen

1968-1973 Eigil Brünniche

1973-1987 Knud Voss

1987-1998 Claus Olsen

1999-2006 Annette Johansen

2008- Lisette Vind Ebbesen