Michael Ancher
Vil han klare pynten (Will he round the point)
Michael Peter Ancher (
June 9,
1849 -
September 191927), born on
Bornholm, was a
Danish painter. In
1874 he joined the growing society of artists in
Skagen, the
Skagen Painters, and in
1880 he married fellow painter
Anna Brøndum and settled permanently in the town.
Michael Ancher is famous for his paintings of the local fishermen. He got his artistic breakthrough in 1879 with the painting Vil han klare pynten (Will he round the point).