Peder Mørk Mønsted

Peder Mørk Mønsted (10 December 1859 – 20 June 1941) was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings. [1] [2]

Peder Mørk Mønsted
Sleigh Ride on a Sunny Winter Day
Born(1859-12-10)10 December 1859
Balle Mølle, near Grenaa Denmark
Died21 June 1941(1941-06-21) (aged 81)
Fredensborg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Known forPainter

Biography

Mønsted was born at Grenå, Denmark. He was the son of Otto Christian Mønsted and Thora Johanne Petrea Jorgensen. His father was a prosperous ship-builder. At an early age, he began to receive painting lessons at the art school in Aarhus. From 1875 to 1879, studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with Niels Simonsen and Julius Exner. In 1878, Mønsted studied under the artist Peder Severin Krøyer. In 1882, he spent some time in Rome and Capri then, the following year, visited Paris, where he worked in the studios of William Adolphe Bouguereau.[3][4]

In 1889, he went to Algeria. Three years later, he travelled to Greece, where he was a guest of King George I who had been born a Danish prince. While there, he also did portraits of the Greek royal family. After that, he visited Egypt and Spain. [5]

During his later years, he spent a great deal of time in Switzerland and travelling throughout the Mediterranean His travels produced numerous sketches that became paintings he presented at several international exhibitions. Most of his landscapes were devoted to Scandinavia. He was especially popular in Germany, where he held several shows at the Glaspalast in Munich. [6]

Most of his works are in private collections. In 1995, a major retrospective, called "Light of the North", was held in Frankfurt am Main.

Selected paintings
  • Sunset Over a Forest Lake
  • Woods in the Snow
  • A Stream and a Deer
  • Reflections of Spring
  • Rural Landscape
  • Watering the Garden
  • The Woodland Glade
  • Winter Landscape
  • A Forest Stream
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References
  1. Peder Mørk Mønsted Willow Gallery
  2. Monsted, Peder Mork 1859-1941 All Art Classic
  3. "Peder Mork Mønsted – The great Danish landscape artist". mydailyartdisplay. October 21, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. "Poetic Views of Nature: Realistic Landscapes by Peder Mørk Mønsted". Renegade Tribune. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. "Peder Mork Mønsted". pictorem.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  6. "Peder Mork Mønsted". Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

See also
  • Skagen painters
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