Peder Severin Krøyer

Peder Severin Krøyer
Peder Severin Krøyer (unknown), Danish, Peder Severin Krøyer is a Danish artist, an enigmatic figure in the world of art. Very little reliable biographical information is available, and much of their creative journey remains lost to time.
Their surviving works speak in quiet tones — suggestive, poetic, and shrouded in mystery.
  • Marie Krøyer (1891)

    Marie Krøyer (1891)

    Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

    A woman stands by the shore, her pale dress catching the sea breeze. The light plays across her face—soft yet restless, like the water behind her. There’s something unspoken in her gaze, a quiet tension between stillness and motion. The moment feels fleeting, already slipping away.

  • Portræt af Marie Krøyer (1890)

    Portræt af Marie Krøyer (1890)

    Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

    A woman in a white dress stands by the sea, sunlight catching the folds of her skirt. Her gaze drifts beyond the frame, as if lost in thought or waiting for something—or someone—just out of sight. The air feels still, salt-tanged, heavy with unspoken words.

  • Summer Evening on Skagen Beach, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1899)

    Summer Evening on Skagen Beach, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1899)

    Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

    Golden light spills across the shore as a woman stands barefoot in the sand, her white dress catching the breeze. The sea melts into twilight behind her, all soft blues and fading warmth. There’s a quiet here—the hush of waves, the cool touch of evening air on sun-warmed skin.

  • Summer evening on the beach at Skagen. The painter and his wife (1899)

    Summer evening on the beach at Skagen. The painter and his wife (1899)

    Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

    Golden light spills across wet sand as two figures walk hand in hand through the shallows, their long shadows stretching toward the water’s edge. The fading sun paints the sky in soft pinks and blues, mirroring the quiet rhythm of waves lapping at their feet.

  • Roses. Marie Krøyer seated in the deckchair in the garden by Mrs Bendsen’s house (1893)

    Roses. Marie Krøyer seated in the deckchair in the garden by Mrs Bendsen’s house (1893)

    Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

    A woman lounges in a sunlit garden, surrounded by blooming roses, her expression as soft as the light filtering through the leaves.