He was not present in Skagen when the artists' colony reached its heights in the 1880s but he is now considered to be one of Skagen's most important painters, thanks to the many works he painted between 1901 and his death in 1927.
Han var ikke på Skagen, da kunstnerkolonien nåede sit højeste i 1880'erne, men han er nu anset for at være en af Skagens vigtigste malere pga. de mange værker, han malede fra 1901 til sin død i 1927.