Michael Ancher

The son of a local merchant, he attended school in Rønne but was unable to complete his secondary education as his father ran into financial difficulties, forcing him to fend for himself.

Michael Ancher's works depict Skagen's heroic fishermen and their dramatic experiences at sea, combining realism and classical composition.

[1][2] Michael Ancher was influenced by his traditional training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the 1870s which imposed strict rules for composition.

By combining the pictorial composition of his youth with the teachings of naturalism, Michael Ancher created what has been called modern monumental figurative art, such as A Baptism.

The original furniture and paintings created by the Anchers and other Skagen artists are shown in the restored home and studio.

This house is filled with displays of paintings by Michael and Anna Ancher as well as those by many other Skagen painters who made up their circle of friends.

The front of the banknote featured a double portrait of Anna and Michael Ancher, derived from two 1884 paintings by Peder Severin Krøyer[4][5] which originally hung on the walls in the dining room at Brøndums Hotel.

This research has also given experts the ability to date the work, which was in 1889, during Van Gogh's time at the Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Rémy.

[7] The LMI Group later stated that the work (now referred to as 'Elimar', using the inscription in the bottom right corner) was based on a portrait by Michael Ancher, therefore adding to Van Gogh's considerable list of "translations" of other artists' works[7] (notably Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard and Jean-François Millet).