Sun, sandy beaches, and salty swims. An exhibition about the coast, the sea, and seaside tourism in art, featuring works by Claude Monet, Anders Zorn, Peder Severin Krøyer, and many, many more.

Seaside resorts sprang up along coastlines everywhere in the late 19th century, when bathing in the sea, luxuriating on the beaches and staying in the new hotels was considered the height of modernity. And the resorts also proved irresistible to artists. In Normandy, impressionists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas depicted sea views and beach scenes, while in Denmark the Skagen Painters produced portraits of each other strolling along pristine white beaches in the summer light. The exhibition To the Sea! considers how modern resort culture emerged and how it was captured by the artists of the time, in Europe and the US.

Elisabeth Warling, A woman reading in the archipelago. 1890. Oil on oak panel.

Anders Zorn, Une Première, 1888. Gouache,

J.A.G. Acke, Morning Air, 1911. Oil on canvas.

Max Liebermann, Rider on the beach, 1911. Oil on canvas

Claude Monet, View over the sea 1882. Oil on canvas.