The reason for them choosing Skagen it´s the intensive light from the thin peninsula of land consisting of limestonesand reaching out between two seas meeting each other (Kattegatt and Skagerack).

The art is very much outdoor life with landscape and portraits focusing on the light with different valours. The woman on the beach is one of the more famous and names as Michael and Anna Ancher as well as Marie and P.S Kröyer stands out among all the painters.

Still today there´s a colony of very active painters living permanently in Skagen.