Peder Severin Kroyer
Summer Evening at Skagen, 1892, oil on canvas.
Peder Severin Kroyer was a Norwegian-Danish painter. He is one of the best known and beloved, and undeniably the most colorful of the Skagen Painters, a community of Danish and Nordic artists who lived or worked in Skagen, Denmark. Kroyer was the unofficial leader of the group. Kroyer painted many beach scenes featuring both recreation life on the beach (bathers, strollers), and local fishermen. The model for Summer Evening at Skagen was Marie Kroyer, the beautiful wife of the painter.
