The project will help to spread knowledge of the Danish painter P.S. Krøyer (1851-1909) internationally, and the research collaboration will initially run over three years. The results will lead to two exhibitions – one in Paris and one in Skagen – and in various articles and publications, which will be put out in Danish, French and English.

In Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet will present P.S. Krøyer with the special exhibition “L'heure bleue” (“The Blue Hour”) from 28 January until 25 July 2021. The exhibition is based on P.S. Krøyer’s open-air paintings from Skagen, where the Scandinavian blue twilight hours play a prominent role. The exhibition is the first ever large retrospective presentation of P.S. Krøyer’s works in France.

In 2022, well-known French naturalists and Impressionists who inspired P.S. Krøyer’s work will be presented in an exhibition in Skagen.

An interdisciplinary, international research collaboration provides a linguistic edge and an opportunity for uncovering tracks in the respective countries’ archive and library systems, which are difficult to access from the outside. In addition, thecollaboration provides the opportunity to discuss the perspectives and discursive methods of the various researchers, which vary from country to country.