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Peder Severin Krøyer
Peder Severin Krøyer, also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Norwegian-Danish painter who was a member of the Skagen Painters. Born in Norway, he grew up in Copenhagen under the care of his aunt and his uncle, zoologist Henrik Nikolai Krøyer. His works are among the most expensive Danish paintings to be sold at auction, several having achieved prices of over one million Danish kroner.
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culture · Danish painter (1851–1909) · painter · sculptor · graphic artist · artist · also Peder Severin Krøyer, P.S. Krøyer, Peter Severin Krøyer, Soren Kroyer, Søren Krøyer, Peter Severin Kroyer
Born 23 July 1851 · Died 21 November 1909 · Q365068
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2026· 2 entries
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2025· 1 entry
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1909· 1 entry
Died 1909-11-21.
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1891· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (1891).
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1888· 1 entry
Encountered Marie Martha Mathilde Triepcke, whom he had known in Copenhagen
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1877· 1 entry
Krøyer received a 2-year travel scholarship from the Royal Academy, and financial aid from Hirschsprung allowed him to extend his travels by another 2 years
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1874· 1 entry
Heinrich Hirschsprung bought his first paintings from Krøyer — four watercolours of fishermen — establishing a lifelong patronage and friendship
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1871· 1 entry
At Charlottenborg with a portrait of a friend, the painter Frans Schwartz
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1870· 1 entry
At the age of 19, Krøyer completed his studies at the Royal Academy, where he had studied with Frederik Vermehren
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1851· 1 entry
Born 1851-07-23.
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