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...
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.