“Peder Severin Krøyer — one in all Denmark’s best painters and a number one pressure of the Skagen Faculty. Rising from hardship, Krøyer’s genius was clear by age 9. Supported by his devoted aunt and uncle, he went on to check artwork and, by nineteen, was already portray portraits for patrons. Backed by artwork collector Heinrich Hirschsprung, Krøyer created radiant masterpieces of his associates, the Skagen artists, and his beloved Marie Krøyer, whom he met in Paris. His shimmering gentle, poetic realism, and emotional depth nonetheless encourage us at the moment.” from the video introduction
