Hip, Hip, Hurrah! scene (and in composition and subject draws obvious comparisons to Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party"), but at the same time it harks back to the "freundschaftbild" tradition of artists of the Danish Golden Age such as Ditlev Blunck and Wilhelm Bendz in depicting artistic communities spontaneously drawing together. The development of Krøyer's Skagen style can be seen by comparing "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!" with ("Artists' Luncheon at Skagen"), a similarly themed 1883 painting which features many of the same people; and with later works like "" ("Summer Evening at Skagen beach. The Artist and his Wife") and "Roser" ("Roses"). The
Luncheon in the Studio where he painted "Luncheon in the Studio" and other works. "Luncheon" was posed in the dining room of Manet's rented house. Leenhoff is the focus of the painting, with his back to the other two people, who have at various points been identified as his mother and Manet. These identifications are now seen as incorrect; the man seated at the table, smoking a cigar and enjoying a coffee and a "digestif", is anonymous—although he bears a resemblance to Manet (his friend, the painter Auguste Rousselin has also been suggested). The woman gazing toward the viewer is a servant. Given the