Marie Krøyer, Danish Painter in Skagen

                                            

Marie  Krøyer, née Triepcke 

(1867-1940)

Another famous woman in Skagen

Born in Denmark, daughter of Wilhelm August E.M. Triepcke (1834-91) engineer, director, and Minna Augusta Kindler (1840-1909).
The Family originated from Germany. Marie was a beauty with a lot of friends, painters and writers and she was educated as a painter in Copenhagen. She wanted to start a scool of painting, but went to Paris in 1888 with Anna Ancher for further education. During her visit to Paris she met P.S. Krøyer, famous painter,  and they got married in 1889.

Marie Triepcke had her first exhibition on Charlottenborg, Copenhagen in 1888.
She was a skilled painter and knew af lot of welknown painters.


                                            
   Marie Triepcke                                                           Selfportrait P.S. Krøyer and Marie 

Marie and her husband P.S. Krøyer travelled a lot in Germany, Italy and France before the settled down in Skagen. Her husband had some problems with his health and Marie almost stopped her own painting. 1895 she gave birth to a daughter, Vibeke.
Unfortunately, her husband became serious ill and he was frequenty hospitalized.

 Portrait of Marie Krøyer by husband P.S. Krøyer

Anna Ancher og Marie Krøyer in the famous painting by P.S. Krøyer

Works by Marie Krøyer:

                                

Hugo Alfvén
Swedish Composer

In 1902 Marie met the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén, a very charming person, and she left her husband, but P.S. Krøyer did not agree to a divorce until 1905, when Marie was pregnant with her second daughter, Margita. There was a scandal and Marie did not marry Alfvén before 1912 after the death of P.S. Krøyer.

The Alfvén family lived in Sweden and Marie designed the furniture and the interior decorations with a great succes. At this period she painted some oils and pastels, but few are left for us to see to day.

Her second marriage was not happy and Alfvén wanted a divorce, but Marie did not agree and the divorce was not until 1936.

Her career as a painter was not as great as deserved. P.S. Krøyer and Hugo Alvén were both famous and masterful. To day only a few of her works are left for us to see. 

Marie lived a lonely life in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, until her death in 1940.

In 2012 Bille August made the famous film about the life of Marie Krøyer and the other artists living in Skagen during the golden summerdays. The film is an absolutely MUST if you love the wonderful paintings from Skagen.

P.S. Krøyer: Marie Krøyer in the Garden

I hope you enjoyed the story about this beautyful and talented woman, who lived a life full of love and unhappiness.

Lauritz Tuxen - Danish Painter

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

Lauritz Tuxen took part in the local life in Skagen and took a special interest in establishing the museum. He enjoyed his stay with his family and the famous artists parties in Skagen, so often the theme in  the beautiful paintings from this period.

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

The Tsariana Maria Feodorovna

The Crowning of the son of Maria Feodorovna >

Princess Thyra of Denmark                    


                                                                      Queen Olga of Greece

Wales, Worchestershire, the Cotswolds ...

Some of the lovely places, where I just spent a nice holiday with my family. 

Lots of rain in June 2012, but never the less beautiful as always. Here are a few of my photos which later will be inspiration for painting:

                         The Malvern Hills in Worcestershire

          

Chipping Campden, The Memorial,
I love all the old houses and it is admirable the way, the conservation is taking care of the town.


Look at the shadows on these photos!
A great inspiration for painting!




The 17th century Market Hall










 

Old houses in Stratford-upon-Avon

Last year we got on a river-cruise , but this year we had too much rain. 

 

The countryside around our rented cottage:

I enjoy this decorated bicycle in Chipping Campden  

Wilhelm Hammershøi

Another favorite:

Wilhelm Hammershøi

Danish painter, 1864 to 1916, hid the record for sale of Danish Masters recently from The Sotheby´s, London.

Portrait of his sister

Hammershøi was rather unknown during his life. He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in 1884. P.S. Krøyer, wellknown Skagen-painter, was his one of his teachers. (See this blog)

His wife was the model on several of his paintings. He was the master of interiors and the light in his work is exceptional.

Born in Copenhagen, he lived and worked in the old quarter, the center of the Danish capital. His paintings of architectural motives are very sad and lonely in my opinion. His palette was very restricted and shows the light and atmosphere in Copenhagen, I recognize so well.

It is nice to see the international interest for Wilh.Hammershøi, because Danish Art at this period has so many talented painters.

Here are some examples of his work:

His interiors are absolute stunning. Look at these doors:

The Doors (Wilh. Hammershøi)

From Copenhagen

The Young Oaks

Did you see, what I meant, when I said, I find his paintings so full of melancoly?

IMPRESSIONS no 5

Aase Lind 

40 x 40 x 2 cm

Acrylic on canvas

Artists note: 
My latest work made wet-in-wet. A technique, I find very challenging!

The different shades of blue, lilac and yellow are some of my favorites and I return to them again and again. 


Below : MEDITATIONS no 2, painted  in 2011, in the same technique. 
           

100 x 80 x 2 cm.
acrylic on canvas

          

William John Leech Irish Painter

William John Leech 

Irish Painter (1881 - 1968)

                                           

During my research of the Danish Skagen Painters, a reader of this blog kindly sent me the link to the magnificent 

Irish Painter William John Leech

(Just look at the details in his paintings!)

I enjoy his paintings and remember a visit some years ago to a Dublin museum for Irish Artists.

What a treasure of talented artists!

Here is one of my own humble paintings after a visit to Ireland and Wales:

Aase Lind: Landscape, 2011 

Michael Ancher, Danish Skagen Painter

Another of my favorites:

Michael Ancher, Skagen painter 

1849 - 1927

Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. 

He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists. 

Born: June 9, 1849, Bornholm

Died: September 19, 1927, Skagen

Period: Impressionism

Michael Peter Ancher was born on the island of Bornholm. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen (1871-5)

A group of artists had congregated to form the Skagen Painters in Skagen, a small fishing village in the north of Denmark, situated where the Baltic and North Sea converge.

After Ancher first visited Skagen in 1874, he settled there joining the growing society of artists. The colony of painters regularly met in the Brøndums Hotel in Skagen in order to exchange ideas. 

In 1880 Ancher married fellow painter and Skagen native Anna Brøndum, whose father owned the Brøndums Hotel.

Anna and Michael Ancher 

In the first years of their marriage, the couple had a home and studio in the "Garden House", which is now in Skagen Museum garden. After the birth of his daughter Helga in 1883 the family moved to Markvejen in Skagen.

Ana painted by husbond Michael.

Ana Ancher was a very skilled painter, too.
She is my favorite painter among the Skagen Painters.

                       

Laying the Table

Summer evening at Skagen

At Skagen

One of the many portraits painted by Michael Ancher


Below some of his dramatic paintings of hardworking fishermen in the rough sea:

Link to visit: 

www.skagensmuseum.dk