Wilhelm Otto Peters

Fishermen from Skagen, 1883

Five men are seated beneath the midday sun in the dunes of Skagen on a quiet day. Chatting leisurely, they seem only marginally concerned with mending the nets. There are a few houses behind them, and to the left we have a narrow view of the almost motionless sea, glistening brightly in the sunlight. His back to us, one of the fishermen seems particularly absorbed in telling a story, emphasising the punchlines with gestures of his right hand. The others appear more relaxed, some of them gazing o...

Signatur und Datierung: Wilh. Peters // Skagen 1883, unten rechts, handschriftlich

Etikett: Frost & Reed, 35 Warwick Street, Worthing, rückseitig

Kunsthandel, Schweden (2005); MKdW (2005).
Ulrich Thieme/Felix Becker: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Leipzig 1999, Bd. 23, S. 305.
Katrin Petersen: Wilhelm Peters 1851–1935, in: Kunst und Küste. Ausgewählte Werke der Sammlung Kunst der Westküste, hrsg. von Thorsten Sadowsky, Alkersum/Föhr 2013, S. 240, Abb. S. 241.

Wilhelm Otto Peters (1851 - 1935)

Fishermen from Skagen

1883

Oil on canvas

89 x 128 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 3 PET 01

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2005

Not on display