Laurits Tuxen

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Laurits Tuxen
Photograph by Frederik Riise
Born	(1853-12-09)9 December 1853 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	21 November 1927(1927-11-21) (aged 73) Copenhagen
Nationality	Danish
Education	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Known for	Painting
Movement	Skagen painters, Realism

Laurits Regner Tuxen CVO (9 December 1853 – 21 November 1927) 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. ^[1]