Hip, Hip, Hurrah!
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| Artist | Peder Severin Krøyer |
| Year | 1888 |
| Medium | Oil-on-canvas[1] |
| Dimensions | 134.5 cm × 165.5 cm (53 in × 65+1⁄8 in) |
| Location | Gothenburg Museum of Art |
Hip, Hip, Hurrah! (Danish: Hip, hip, hurra! Kunstnerfest på Skagen, pronounced [ˈhip ˈhip huˈʁɑ ˈkʰɔnstnɐˌfest pʰɔː ˈskɛːˀjn̩]) is an oil-on-canvas painting from 1888 by Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer.
Description
The work shows various members of the
From left to right the people pictured are: Martha Møller Johansen and her husband, the painter Viggo Johansen, Norwegian painter Christian Krohg, Krøyer, Degn Brøndum (Anna Ancher's brother), Michael Ancher, Swedish painter Oscar Björck, Danish painter Thorvald Niss, teacher Helene Christensen (who was romantically involved with Krøyer), Danish painter Anna Ancher and her daughter Helga Ancher.[6]
History
The painting was started in 1884 after a party at Michael Ancher's house;[7] the composition was inspired by photographs taken at the celebration by the German artist Fritz Stoltenberg, although the individuals featured are not all the same.[6] Krøyer returned uninvited to Ancher's house the morning after the gathering with his easel and paints, eager to start sketching and expecting the freedom to come and go as he pleased. His lack of consideration annoyed Ancher, who had only recently moved to the house in an attempt to escape the hustle and bustle of town life; as a result, the two artists suffered their first serious falling-out. Although they reconciled soon afterwards, Krøyer did not get the unlimited access to Ancher's garden that he had expected and, frustrated, he struggled to progress with the work. He made do with the garden at Ancher's old apartment and worked from photographs and from life when he got the chance.
It was four years before he could complete the picture. Helga, Ancher's daughter, who had been less than a year old at the time of the original festivities, is shown to be older in the final painting, suggesting she was not included until later in the composition.[8] A photo of the painting in Krøyer's studio shows an earlier composition before the older Helga was added. Swedish art collector Pontus Fürstenberg bought the painting unseen (or at least before it was completed). It was displayed at Charlottenborg in 1888, and Fürstenberg later donated it to the Gothenburg Museum of Art, where it has hung ever since.[9] The Skagens Museum has a small sketch from 1888.[8]
Cultural influence
In August 2012, visitors and
Hip, Hip, Hurrah! appears on a range of champagnes named after the northernmost Danish town where Krøyer and his artist friends gathered. The 'Skagen' limited-release range is produced by Champagne Yvonne Seier Christensen, located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger on the Côte des Blancs, Champagne, France. The painting shows Krøyer and his Scandinavian artist friends celebrating with a champagne toast. Gothenburg Museum of Art gave permission for Hip, Hip, Hurrah! to appear on Skagen Champagne labels in 2021.[citation needed]
European project
The painting has been the subject of a project funded by the European Regional Development Fund which led to a three-dimensional digital version of the painting being available for visitors to Skagens Museum next to the site where it was originally painted.[12]
See also
- List of paintings by Peder Severin Krøyer
Citations
- ISBN 9781402759260.
- ISBN 9788702028171.
- ^ Berman p. 135.
- ^ Berman p. 134.
- ^ Berman p. 157.
- ^ a b Berman p. 161.
- ^ Aruna Vasudevan in 1001 Paintings p. 499.
- ^ a b Svanholm pp. 85–9.
- ^ "Hip, hip, hurra!" (in Danish). Skagens Museum. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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- ^ "Hip, hip, hurray! A digital presentation of P.S. Krøyer's famous painting". Skagens Museum. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
References
- Berman, Patricia G. (2007). In Another Light: Danish Painting in the Nineteenth Century. Vendome Press. ISBN 978-0-86565-181-4.
- Stephen Farthing, ed. (2006). 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die. London: Quintet Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1844035638.
- Harmony in Blue: PS Krøyer's Poetic paintings from the 1890s. Skagens Museum. 2001. ISBN 87-91048-03-6.
- Svanholm, Lise (2001). Northern Light – The Skagen Painters. Gyldendal. ISBN 978-87-02-02817-1.
Further reading
- Halkier, Katrine (2011). Krøyer: An International Perspective. Hirschsprung Collection. ISBN 978-87-90597-17-7.
- Svanholm, Lise (2004). Northern Light: The Skagen Painters. Gyldendal A/S. ISBN 978-87-02-02817-1.
