Laurits Tuxen
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Laurits Tuxen was a Danish painter
and sculptor
, sculptor, specialising in figure painting. He was also associated with the Skagen Painters
. He was the first head of Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler
, an art school established in the 1880s to provide an an alternative to the education offered by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art
where together with P.S. Krøyer he was considered to be one of the best painters.
He first visited Skagen in 1870 and he returned on several occasions. In the 1880s and 1890s, he travelled widely painting portraits for Europe's royal families including Christian IX of Denmark
, Queen Victoria and the Russian royalty. In 1901, after the death of his first wife Ursule, he married the Norwegian Frederikke Treschow and shortly afterwards purchased Madam Bendsen's house at the artists' colony in Skagen in the north of Jutland
, converting it into a stately summer residence.
Tuxen went on to paint a number of landscapes in and around Skagen but also completed a number of paintings of his family, friends and garden flowers.
Art of Denmark
Danish art goes back thousands of years with significant artifacts from the 2nd millennium BC, such as the Trundholm sun chariot. Art from modern Denmark forms part of the art of the Nordic Bronze Age, and then Norse and Viking art...
and sculptor
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, sculptor, specialising in figure painting. He was also associated with the Skagen Painters
Skagen Painters
The Skagen Painters were a group of Scandinavian artists who gathered in the area of Skagen, the northernmost part of Denmark, from the late 1870s until the turn of the century...
. He was the first head of Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler
Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler
Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler was a Danish art school established in Copenhagen in 1882 as a protest against the policies of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and to provide an alternative to its educational program...
, an art school established in the 1880s to provide an an alternative to the education offered by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Biography
Tuxen grew up in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art
Royal Danish Academy of Art
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has provided a practice-oriented complement to the scholarly investigation of the arts carried out at Danish universities for more than 250 years, playing a crucial part in the development of the distinctive tradition of the art of Denmark.- History :The Royal...
where together with P.S. Krøyer he was considered to be one of the best painters.
He first visited Skagen in 1870 and he returned on several occasions. In the 1880s and 1890s, he travelled widely painting portraits for Europe's royal families including Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
, Queen Victoria and the Russian royalty. In 1901, after the death of his first wife Ursule, he married the Norwegian Frederikke Treschow and shortly afterwards purchased Madam Bendsen's house at the artists' colony in Skagen in the north of Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
, converting it into a stately summer residence.
Tuxen went on to paint a number of landscapes in and around Skagen but also completed a number of paintings of his family, friends and garden flowers.