That makes sense, then.
Because of the era the first painting was commissioned, I propose the major difference is that Tuxen had his subjects actually “sit” for the portrait (not necessarily at the same time, but at least at similar times of day), putting in the work ethic involved in what could be considered “fine art” painting – while Kluge was lazy about it, and culled his images from bunch of photographs, not even putting in the work to try and size each family member appropriately.
There have been several essays on the more popular art blogs the past couple of years pointing out the laziness of this generation’s new “art hacks”, who can’t even be bothered to do a live sitting.
