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Laurits Tuxen

Danish, 1853

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Laurits Regner Tuxen was a Danish painter and 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 alternative to the education offered by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

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Artworks (28)

Sun drying herrings

1926

Children in the dunes of Skagen.

1924 · oil paint

Children walking at the beach at Skagen, Denmark.

1922 · oil paint

An umiak at the coast of Greenland in calm weather.

1921 · oil paint

The mouth of the fiord at Jakobshavn, Greenland.

1921 · oil paint

Mother and daughter. Illustration of the reunion of North Schleswig with Denmark, 1920.

1920 · oil paint

Midsummer bonfire at Skagen beach. Study.

1919 · oil paint

A ship torpedoed in the Atlantic.

1918 · oil paint

Skagen Sønderstrand with three men in a rowboat and a dog on the beach.

1916 · oil paint

Portrait of a Greek soldier.

1915

Pink rhododendron in Tuxen's garden in Skagen.

1914 · oil paint

The artist's daughter Nina in the garden of his villa, Dagminne in Skagen.

1914 · oil paint

At the edge of Skagen Plantage.

1913 · oil paint

Yvonne Tuxen reading in Villa Dagminne.

1908 · oil paint

A nude in the moonlight.

1900 · oil paint

Riding through the lyme grass.

1900 · mahogany wood

Unruly sea with a water nymph.

1900 · oil paint

The port of Copenhagen.

1900 · oil paint

King Frederik VIII and Crown Prince Christian.

1900 · oil paint

A painter with a straw hat, sitting with his box.

1900 · oil paint

The coronation dress of Queen Victoria.

1900 · oil paint

Coronation of Nicholas II. Study.

1896 · oil paint

The blessing of the harvest - The day of St. John outside a Belgian village. Study.

1890 · oil paint

Portrait of a young Italian woman.

1886 · oil paint

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Unruly sea with a water nymph.
1900 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A painter with a straw hat, sitting with his box.
1900 · Wikidata · 5 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Mother and daughter. Illustration of the reunion of North Schleswig with Denmark, 1920.
1920 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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An umiak at the coast of Greenland in calm weather.
1921 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Pink rhododendron in Tuxen's garden in Skagen.
1914 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The artist's self-portrait.
1885 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A ship torpedoed in the Atlantic.
1918 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Midsummer bonfire at Skagen beach. Study.
1919 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The coronation dress of Queen Victoria.
1900 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A nude in the moonlight.
1900 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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