Danish artist Laurits Tuxen captures a coastal landscape in the area of Gammel Skagen (Old Skagen) in soft and fresh pastel shades. Beginning in the front centre of the picture, the shoreline runs into the background, framing the moving sea, which is rendered in a broad spectrum of colours ranging from delicate pink to emerald green and strong stormy blue. A jetty is perceptible almost at the centre of the painting, with a few bathers in front. Inspired by French Impressionism, Tuxen’s loose and...
Signatur und Datierung: L.T. 14, unten rechts, handschriftlich
Kunsthandel, Dänemark (2003); MKdW (2003).
[Weiterführende Literatur] Lise Svanholm: Tuxen og Skagen. Skagens Museums små skrifter Nr. 1 Skagen 1990. [Weiterführende Literatur] Mette Bøgh Jensen/Tine Nielsen Fabienke: Tuxen – Colour, Contryside and Crown, Ausst.-Kat. Skagens Museum/Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Guldborgsund, Aarhus 2014.