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24-495: Skagens Museum was founded on 20 October 1908 in the dining room at Brøndums Hotel . Among the founders were artists Michael Ancher , P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen , who were elected to form the first board of governors together with Victor Christian Klæbel, the local pharmacist, and Degn Brøndum , proprietor of Brøndums Hotel and Anna Ancher's brother. The idea was to collect works by the Skagen Painters and to raise funds for

48-462: Is built of a yellow brick called ”Gothenburg brick” because of the material's frequent use in the city. The museums forms the imposing end of the main street of the city, Kungsportsavenyn . The museum has its roots in the Museum of Gothenburg , founded in 1861. In 1923, as part of the construction of Götaplatsen as a cultural center, the museum's building was built. In 1925, the museum was inaugurated. It

72-419: Is important for the museum's paintings to be available online as it allows people from around the world to access the works even if they are unable to visit the museum itself. She is nevertheless convinced that visitors to the museum continue to appreciate the originals which provide a special kind of experience. In addition, they can access additional information about the works on iPod guides as they move through

96-626: The Michelin Green Guide (Green Guide Scandinavia). The museum building was designed for the Gothenburg Exhibition ( Jubileumsutställningen i Göteborg ) in 1923 by architect Sigfrid Ericson (1879-1958). The eastern extension was added 1966–1968, after drawings by Rune Falk (1926-2007). The museum was originally built in celebration of the city's 300th anniversary, and represents the monumental Neo-Classical style in Nordic architecture. It

120-531: The Ny Carlsberg Foundation as the largest contributors. Construction started in 1926 and the new museum was officially opened on 22 September 1928 . In 1982, the exhibition rooms were extended with an annex designed by the Royal Surveyor, architect Jacob Blegvad. Blegvad also planned the later extension to the museum that was inaugurated in 1989. In the period 1997–2015, the museum's administration

144-509: The Brøndoms, marrying their daughter Anna in 1880. He encouraged his friends Karl Madsen and Viggo Johansen to join him in 1875. More artists followed, many staying in the Brøndums' guest house. Key members of the group included the author Georg Brandes and the painter P.S. Krøyer , their unofficial leader The Brøndums' dining-room became the centre of the artists' social life and was filled with

168-576: The Brøndum family donated the garden house to Skagens Museum in 1919, they hosted various exhibitions and established memorial rooms dedicated to P. S. Krøer and Holger Drachman. From 1989 ti 1997, the house served as an administration building. Since 2009, it has been a café. Many of the museum's paintings have been digitized under the Google Art Project . As of August 2013, 105 are accessible online. The museum's director, Lisette Vind Ebbesen, believes it

192-525: The building. They used the eastern end as a studio with natural light from a large new window still present in the gable. Their daughter Helga Ancher was born in the house in 1883. The following year the family moved to a new house on Markvej, now known as the Michael and Anna Ancher House , but Michael Ancher continued to use the Garden House as a studio. Later it was used as a summer residence for artists. After

216-552: The construction of a building for their exhibition. It was also decided that the Brøndums Hotel's dining room should, in due time, be transferred to the new museum once it had been built. It had served as an important venue for the members of the artist colony ever since its formation in the 1870s. The first exhibitions were arranged in the local technical school. After P.S. Krøyer's death in 1909, his house in Skagen Plantation

240-421: The death of her husband Anders Eriksen Brøndum (1781–1835), her son Erik Andersen Brøndum (1820–1890) helped her to run the grocery shop and guest house which she established in the old farmhouse. Erik and his wife Anne Hedvig Sørensdatter Møller (1826–1916) later ran the business together until it was taken over by their son Christen Degn Brøndum (1856–1932) who converted it into guest rooms and in 1891 gave it

264-496: The furniture which Maria Krøyer designed for it in 1898. Today the dining room is also used for wedding ceremonies. The museum garden features some of the museum's sculptures. The Garden House is one of the oldest buildings in Skagen and received its name when it was incorporated into what was then the hotel garden. In 1853 it was used as a cholera lazaretto . In 1880, after their wedding, Michael and Anna Ancher took up residency in

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288-497: The ground floor, first floor and in the basement. It currently provides space for special exhibitions and for the museum's shop on the ground floor as well as administrative offices on the first floor. The museum was thus extended from the original 509 m (5,480 sq ft) to 917 m (9,870 sq ft), allowing up to 50% of the museum's collection of 2,000 works to be displayed to visitors while offering better facilities for exhibiting sculptures and drawings. The project

312-470: The museum next to the site where it was originally painted. In 2014, Skagens Museum became Skagens Kunstmuseer (Art Museums of Skagen) by merging with the two local historic house museums ; Anchers Hus , the art museum and former residence of the painters Michael and Anna Ancher and their daughter Helga Ancher , as well as Drachmanns Hus , a writer's home museum dedicated to the writer and marine painter Holger Drachmann . This has furthermore extended

336-432: The museum's collection with several thousands original objects, personal belongings, furniture, works of art, photographs etc. from the two houses and their former residents and artists. In 2014, the museum underwent substantial extensions to the west of the original building. Planned by architects Friis & Moltke , the work included a new building with an additional 2,000 m (22,000 sq ft) of floor space on

360-534: The museum, frequently spending longer as they study individual works. Another technological development has involved the painting Hip, Hip, Hurra! which is not part of the museum's physical collection as it hangs in the Gothenburg Museum of Art . Thanks to funding from the European Regional Development Fund , it was possible to develop a three-dimensional digital version of the painting in

384-499: The museum. They include: Br%C3%B8ndums Hotel Brøndums Hotel , in the little harbor town of Skagen in the north of Denmark , is remembered for its close associations with the late 19th-century artists colony known as the Skagen Painters . It still operates as a hotel today. The hotel originated in a farmhouse which Ane Kirstine Houmann (1785–1858) had inherited from her stepfather Chresten Jensen Degn (1760–1839). After

408-461: The name of Brondums Hotel. Their daughter, the painter Anna Ancher (1859–1935) was born in the hotel. The architect Ulrik Plesner was called upon to expand the hotel in 1892. It was further expanded in 1909 and 1916, latterly with an extension known as Admiralgården. The interior of the dining-room was designed by Thorvald Bindesbøll in 1906. The hotel was run by Degn Brøndum until his death in 1932 when he left it to Skagens Museum . The hotel

432-538: The paintings they donated to cover the cost of board and lodging. 57°43′29″N 10°35′54″E  /  57.72472°N 10.59833°E  / 57.72472; 10.59833 Gothenburg Museum of Art Gothenburg Museum of Art ( Swedish : Göteborgs konstmuseum ) is located at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg , Sweden. It claims to be the third largest art museum in Sweden by size of its collection. The museum holds

456-530: The world's finest collection of late 19th century Nordic art. A highlight is the lavishly decorated Fürstenberg Gallery, named after a leading Gothenburg art donor, Pontus Fürstenberg and his wife Göthilda. Among the artists showcased are P.S. Krøyer , Carl Larsson , Bruno Liljefors , Edvard Munch , and Anders Zorn . The museum also houses older and contemporary art, both Nordic and international. The collection includes, for example, Monet , Picasso and Rembrandt . The Museum has been awarded three stars in

480-460: Was completed on February 12, 2016. Skagens Museum is Denmark's fifth most popular art museum with up to 160,000 visitors a year. Frederikshavn Municipality has provided DKK 5 million for the project, supplemented by donations from a number of foundations. The museum has published several books, mostly in Danish and English, about the Skagen Painters, Danish artists' colonies and exhibitions held at

504-472: Was damaged by fire in 1954 and 1959. Repairs together with the cost of modernization after the Second World War brought the concern into debt and led to its sale in 1966. The hotel was a place of staying for Hans Christian Andersen and Karen Blixen . The Skagen Painters had close associations with Brøndums Hotel. Michael Ancher arrived in Skagen in 1874 where he struck up a close relationship with

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528-430: Was designed by Ulrik Plesner and Thorvald Bindesbøll in connection with the first major expansion of the hotel in 1892. Instigated by P. S. Krøyer, it was decided to incorporate Degn Brøndum's art collection in its decoration. Over the years it had become a custom that visiting artists donated portraits of each other to the hotel owner and these were placed in a frieze just under the ceiling. The dining room also features

552-515: Was housed in the old Technical School, but since then has had offices on the first floor of the new museum extension. Today Skagens Museum has more than 1,800 works of art at its disposal. All important members of the artist colony are represented in the collections with central works, including Maria and P. S. Krøyer , Anna and Michael Ancher , Laurits Tuxen , Viggo Johansen and Holger Drachmann . The museum also hosts special exhibitions. The dining room of Brøndums Hotel as it appears today

576-444: Was used as a temporary venue for the museum. In 1919, Degn Brøndum donated the old garden of his hotel for the construction of a purpose-built museum. The architect Ulrik Plesner was charged with its design. He was an active member of the artistic community in Skagen and had already designed a number of buildings in the area. The building was financed by a combination of private donors and foundations with Degn Brøndum, Laurits Tuxen and

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