Lauritz Tuxen - Danish Painter
Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927)
Welknown in Europe, established painter of the royalty in Denmark, England and Russia, Laurits Tuxen took part in the happy days in Skagen. Here he took over a splendid house, where he joined his friends every summer.
Lauritz Tuxen was born in Copenhagen in a rather well off family, frequented the Academy with Kröyer, the famous artist closely connected to Skagen.
Both of them travelled a lot and studied in Paris and soon Tuxen became a welknown painter of the European royalty. Remember: King Christian 9. of Denmark and his wife, Queen Louise was in fact the parents of Queen Alexandra of England, The Zarina of Russia, a son was to become King of Greece and a daughter married to a German Prince.
Lauritz Tuxen married 1. Ursule de Baisieux, died 1899. They had 2 daughters.
2. Frederikke Treschow, from a welknown old Norwegian family. No children.
Ursule de Baisieux, died 1899, 2 daughters. Frederikke Koës TRESCHOW m. TUXEN
Below: Bertha Tuxen with granddaughter
| The home of the Tuxen Family in Skagen |
In Skagen he painted some charming paintings of his family, friends and flowers in his garden. A great contrast to his stately paintings of the royalty.
Here are some of his paintings from the garden:
You can see, he loved his flowers and never tired of painting his garden.
Some examples from the collections at the Royal Courts:
Personally, I find most of them full of life and interesting, because he seemed to concentrate on showing the real person behind the title.
The royal families of Europe gathered in Denmark around King Christian 9. and Queen Louise .
| The Jubilee of Queen Victoria |
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| The Tsariana Maria Feodorovna |
The Crowning of the son of Maria Feodorovna >
Queen Olga of Greece
