Oscar Björck

Skagen Fishermen Smoking Pipes, 1889

Two bearded men wearing work apparel are seated on a plain wooden bench in a sparsely furnished room. Oilskins and a sou’wester clearly identify one of the two as a fisherman. The scene shown here probably plays out at the end of a long working day at sea. Puffing on pipes, the two men are deep in conversation. They are not looking at each other. Instead, the older man places his arm around his younger fellow in an intimate gesture and speaks to him earnestly. His words are reflected in the focu...

Signatur und Datierung: Oscar Björck 1889, unten rechts, handschriftlich

Kunsthandel, Schweden (2003); MKdW (2003).
Lucas Haberkorn: Oscar Björck 1860–1929, in: Von Bergen bis Bergen. Positionen aus der Sammlung Kunst der Westküste, hrsg. von Thorsten Sadowsky, Heide 2009, S. 80, Abb. S. 81.
Meeresstücke, hrsg. von Thorsten Sadowsky, Ausst.-Kat. Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr, Odense 2010, S. 36, Abb. S. 37.

Oscar Björck (1860 - 1929)

Skagen Fishermen Smoking Pipes

1889

Oil on canvas

112 x 86.5 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 3 BJÖ 01

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2003

Not on display