He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1882 to 1883 and under Peder Severin Krøyer at the Artists Studio Schools from hos from 1883 to 1888.
Important Scandinavian and German artists of the 19th and 20th centuries are represented, including Anna Ancher, Michael Ancher, Max Beckmann, Johan Christian Dahl, Peder Severin Krøyer, Christian Krohg, Max Liebermann, Emil Nolde and Edvard Munch.
He was raised by Gjesdal's sister, Bertha Cecilie (born 1817) and brother-in-law, the Danish zoologist Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, after his mother was judged unfit to care for him.
It is decorated with a large oil painting by Peder Severin Krøyer depicting A meeting in the Royal Scientific Society.
He resigned from the Academy in 1882 in protest against works by Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Philipsen.
Bernhard Severin Ingemann | Peder Severin Krøyer | Peder Balke | Tim Severin | Peder Sather | Henrik Nikolai Krøyer | Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint | François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers | Severin Kiefer | Severin Cornet | Sévérin Adjovi | Severin | Lars Peder Brekk | John Severin | François Séverin Marceau | Arban Severin |
His portraits had a vitality comparable to those of Michael and Anna Ancher and Christian Krohg, but he lacked the virtuosity and sense of colour enjoyed by Peder Severin Krøyer, Viggo Johansen and the Swedish and Norwegian painters.
It tells the story of the stormy relationship between Marie and Peder Severin Krøyer, two of the Skagen Painters, in the late 19th century.