Artists gathered at Brøndums Hotel in this town, where Michael and Anna Ancher painted fisherfolk in works like Will He Round the Point? For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 19th-century Danish art colony led by Marie and P. S. Krøyer, the latter of whom immortalized Marie’s affair with the composer Hugo Alfvén (“ahl-VAIN”) in a painting of a Midsummer Eve bonfire on this town’s beach.
ANSWER: Skagen (“SKAY-un”) [or the Scaw; accept Skagen Painters or Skagensmalerne; accept Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach or Sankt Hansblus på Skagen strand]
[10e] The Skagen (“SKAY-un”) Painters captured the North Sea coast by hauling their canvases outdoors, a practice known by this French phrase since it was pioneered by the Barbizon school.
ANSWER: en plein air [or peinture sur le motif]
[10m] This country’s Impressionist Heidelberg School created en plein air paintings like The Pioneer along the “Artists Trail.” The Big Picture depicts the opening of this country’s parliament in 1903.
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia] (Frederick McCubbin painted The Pioneer. Tom Roberts painted The Big Picture.)
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