. Danish life in town and country. egat meetin many a stormy encounter, flinging their rest-less waves high against the autumnal sky. TheseSkaw fishermen are fine fellows, with honest,trusty faces, ever ready to risk their own lives inthe saving of others. Many a stirring tale hasbeen told about the doughty deeds of the Danishfishermen, for the coast of Jutland is a veryawkward and dangerous neighbour for ships introuble. In a way the Skaw fishermen have hadtheir reward: they have been sung by Denmarksgreatest bard; they have been depicted on the beststage in the country, and, more than all, t
. Danish life in town and country. egat meetin many a stormy encounter, flinging their rest-less waves high against the autumnal sky. TheseSkaw fishermen are fine fellows, with honest,trusty faces, ever ready to risk their own lives inthe saving of others. Many a stirring tale hasbeen told about the doughty deeds of the Danishfishermen, for the coast of Jutland is a veryawkward and dangerous neighbour for ships introuble. In a way the Skaw fishermen have hadtheir reward: they have been sung by Denmarksgreatest bard; they have been depicted on the beststage in the country, and, more than all, theyhave been painted! A life of intense interest,and possessed of its own peculiar unconventionalcharm, has sprung up in what, less than a gen-eration ago, was a neglected and obscure fishingvillage, now no longer, to the regret of its origin-ators, confined to the distinguished artists whofirst discovered the place, for the Skaw is fastbecoming a fashionable watering-place. Still,the old colony of illustrious men of the brush and. u QCO o -< III o Q -IO Some Danish Snapshots 211 of the peu flourishes. Not ouly Michael Ancherand Kroyer, who first made Skagen famous, havetheir owu houses there, but Holger Drachmann,poet aud painter, no longer putting up at Bron-dums celebrated hostelry, has also built him-self a house, as has Professor Tuxen, of EnglishCourt function fame; Locher, the marine painter,also lives there, and many other men of mark arefrequent guests at the Skaw. In books and on canvas, this happy life of artand freedom has been perpetuated over and overagain, and some of the best pictures by some ofthe best Danish painters illustrate Skagen life,—fishermen at work or at play, lying on the beachin the glow of the setting sun, or smoking theirpipes in small confidential clusters; fair womenin dainty summer attire leisurely walking alongthe beach, listening to the lapping of the lazywaters or dreamily looking out over the placid,moon-reflecting sea; or spirited in
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