MuseoMag: MuseoMag 2025_04

MuseoMag 2025_04

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Title:: Into the moonlight: A journey through Tuxen's nightscape: Discover our latest acquisition in an immersive installation

6 MuseoMag N°IV 2025 INTO THE MOONLIGHT: A JOURNEY THROUGH TUXEN’S NIGHTSCAPE Discover our latest acquisition in an immersive installation © éric chenal Join us for a moonlit encounter with Danish painter Laurits Tuxen’s Moonrise (1909) at this year’s Museum Night. Acquired earlier this year at TEFAF Maastricht – the internationally renowned fair for fine art, antiques and design –, this meditative painting will be showcased in an intimate, immersive setting designed to enhance its atmospheric qualities. ABOARD THE STEAMER Painted from the stern of a steamer, Moonrise places the viewer aboard a vessel drifting through moonlit waters, where large, jagged shapes trace a shim- mering trail beneath the rising moon. Thick, black plumes of smoke billow from the ship’s smokestacks into the night sky. In the upper right corner of the canvas, the faint silhouette of a sailing ship flickers with a few small, dancing lights. It’s unclear where the sea ends and the sky begins, the composition bordering on abstraction. The painter of this scene, Laurits Tuxen, had a par- ticular interest in the effects of moonlight on water and land, the play of light and shadow and sub- jects whose painterly qualities allowed him to blur the boundaries of reality and imagination. He was renowned for his masterful use of light and colour, capturing both the grandeur and the quiet poetry of nature. Although his paintings of Skagen, the north- ernmost town in Denmark, date from the beginning of the 20th century, Tuxen is now recognised as part of the Skagen Painters, a group of artists who gathered in northern Denmark during the 1870s and 1880s. Moonrise is the first Danish landscape to enter Luxembourg’s national collection, joining works from Swedish and Irish schools to form a unique Euro- pean ensemble. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the evocative power of Tuxen’s art in a setting that speaks to all the senses. STEP INTO THE SCENE The painting will be on show in a small, vaulted room affectionately known by museum staff as the Kapell- chen (“little chapel”). Tucked behind the atrium, this intimate space lends itself well to the contemplative nature of Tuxen’s work. The painting will be on show in a small, vaulted room affectionately known by museum staff as the Kapellchen (“little chapel”).

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