The North Sea in Stormy Weather

Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927), a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, first visited Skagen in 1870.

After further visits in the 1870s, he finally acquired a summer residence there with his second wife Frederikke Treschow in 1901.

As a result of its monumental size, it gives the observer the impression he is standing beside the turbulent sea, especially as the waves reach right to the bottom of the frame.

The blues and greens of the sea contrast with the warm orange and yellow shades of the sky.

While many of the works of the Skagen Painters depict the beaches, Tuxen's painting is restricted to the sea itself.