Gerhard Peter Frantz Munthe (19 July 1849 in
Elverum
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskog ...
,
Hedmark
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Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged int ...
– 15 January 1929 in
Lysaker
Lysaker is an area in Bærum Municipality, Viken (county), Viken County, Norway. Lysaker is the easternmost part of Bærum and borders Oslo city proper, proper. Lysaker was initially a farming community, later becoming a residential area. Today ...
,
Bærum
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) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.
Background
Munthe was born in
Elverum
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskog ...
to physician Christopher Pavels Munthe (1816–1884) and his wife Christine Margrethe Pavels Aabel (1827–1887).
He was a brother of historian
Hartvig Andreas Munthe, writer
Margrethe Munthe and military officer
Carl Oscar Munthe
Carl Oscar Munthe (12 December 1861 – 20 December 1952) was a Norwegian military officer and historian.
Personal life
He was born in Elverum as a son of physician Christopher Pavels Munthe (1816–1884). He was a younger brother of historian an ...
. He was also a nephew of historian and cartographer
Gerhard Munthe
Gerhard Peter Frantz Munthe (19 July 1849 in Elverum, Hedmark – 15 January 1929 in Lysaker, Bærum) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.
Background
Munthe was born in Elverum to physician Christopher Pavels Munthe (1816–1884) and his ...
and an uncle of genealogist
Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe 14 July 1875 – 21 December 1939) was a Norwegian civil servant, military officer and genealogist. Biography
He was a born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of colonel and historian Hartvig Andreas ...
, librarian
Wilhelm Munthe
Abraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe (20 October 1883 – 18 December 1965) was a Norwegian librarian and author. He worked at the University Library of Oslo from 1903 to 1953.
Personal life
Munthe was born in Kristiania (now Oslo) as the son of ...
and painter
Lagertha Munthe.
Through his mother he was a nephew of
Andreas Leigh Aabel and
Oluf Andreas Aabel, and a first cousin of
Hauk Aabel.
Personal life
In December 1886 he married Sigrun Sandberg (1869–1957).
[ Between 1886 and 1890 ]Bjørn Bjørnson
Bjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.
Biography
He was born in Christiania, the son of author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and his wife Karoline Bjørnson. In 1876, he was admitte ...
was his stepfather-in-law. Munthe and Sandberg settled in Sandvika
Sandvika () is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.
Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for W ...
and later Lysaker
Lysaker is an area in Bærum Municipality, Viken (county), Viken County, Norway. Lysaker is the easternmost part of Bærum and borders Oslo city proper, proper. Lysaker was initially a farming community, later becoming a residential area. Today ...
.[ Also, Munthe had a studio at ]Ringstabekk Ringstabekk is a district in Bærum, Norway. Named after the local farm, the district is also known for its schools and the sports field. The sports club Stabæk IF originates in the area.
The farm
The district originates from the farm Øvre Stabæ ...
for a short period. The couple divorced in 1919, the same year she married Fridtjof Nansen.[ Munthe was a prolific letter writer, and also published several articles, some of which were collected and published in 1919 as ''Minder og meninger''.][
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Career
When Munthe moved to Christiania in 1863, his intention was to study medicine like his father, but his father advised him to take up the arts. He studied under Johan Fredrik Eckersberg
Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (16 June 1822 – 13 July 1870) was a Norwegian painter most noted for his landscapes. Eckersberg was a prominent figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in 19th-century Norwegian art, both as an artistic p ...
in 1870, and continued under Morten Müller
Morten Müller (13 February 1828 – 10 February 1911) was a Norwegian landscape painter.
Biography
Morten Müller was born by the Christianiafjord at Holmestrand, in Vestfold County, Norway. Morten Müller began his art studies with Adolph T ...
and Knud Bergslien
Knud Larsen Bergslien (15 May 1827 – 27 November 1908) was a Norwegian painter, art teacher and master artist. In his art, he frequently portrayed the lives of the Norwegian people, their history and heroes of the past. Bergslien is most associ ...
until 1874.[ Between 1874 and 1876 he studied under ]Andreas Achenbach
Andreas Achenbach (29 September 1815, Kassel – 1 April 1910, Düsseldorf) was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School. His brother, Oswald, was also a ...
and his third cousin Ludvig Munthe
Ludvig Munthe (11 March 1841 – 30 March 1896) was a Norwegian-born, German landscape painter.
Biography
Ludvig Munthe was born at Årøy, near Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He came to Bergen in 1858 where he was first instructed by Fran ...
in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
. From 1877 to 1882 he lived in Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
most of the time. However, many of his motifs were taken from Norway. At this time he painted in the naturalist style.[ He is represented with several works in the ]National Gallery of Norway
The National Gallery ( no, Nasjonalgalleriet) is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
, the admission cost is 100 Norwegian kroner.
History
It was establish ...
.[ Internationally he took part at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and elsewhere.][
From the 1890s he experimented with decorative art][ in the ]Arts and Crafts
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
style. From 1896 to 1899 he was occupied with illustrating the works of Snorri Sturluson, together with Erik Werenskiold
Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the
Asbjørnsen and Moe collection of '' Norske Folkeeventyr'', and his illustrations for ...
, whom he had met in Munich. Some of his works were woven
Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing two or more threads at right angles to on ...
into large tapestries
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike most woven textiles, where both the warp and the weft threads may ...
. He also created monumental decorations, some of which have been lost, as was his house at Lysaker which was consumed by fire in 1982.[''Norges kongesagaer'' (Storm, Gustav and Bugge, Alexander, translators and editors. Kristiania: I.M. Stenersens forlag, 1899-1914)]
Munthe was a member of the selection committee at Høstutstillingen
Høstutstillingen or Statens kunstutstilling (English: ''The Autumn Exhibition'' or ''National Art Exhibition'') is an annual art exhibition in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition is Norway's largest marking of contemporary art and takes place each autum ...
from its start in 1882 to 1890. He was a member of the board of the National Gallery of Norway from 1892 to 1905 and ''Den norske Husflidsforening'' from 1897 to his death, and chair of the National Gallery from 1905 to 1907. He was made a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
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and a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star
The Royal Order of the Polar Star ( Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.
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. He died in Bærum, but was buried in Elverum.[
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Gallery
Image:Olav den helliges saga GM2.jpg , ''Kongane kastar terningar om ei bygd på Hisingen'' (The kings throw dice over a village in Hisingen)
Image:Finn arnesson and Tore hund.jpg, ''Finn Arnesson set spydodden for brystet på Tore Hund''
(Finn Arnesson set spear point on the chest of Tore Hund)
Image:Olav den helliges saga GM5.jpg, ''Torkjell Fostre etter at han har drepe Einar jarl'' (Torkjell Fostre after he has killed earl Einar)
Image:Olav den helliges saga GM9.jpg, ''Kong Olav sender Karle på Bjarmelandsferd''
(King Olaf sends Karl to Bjarmelandsferd)
Image:Lart nouveau au Kunstindustrimuseet (Oslo) (4850242874).jpg, Tapestry by Munthe, ''"Daughters of the Northern Lights"'' made in 1897
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Family genealogy
Illustrations created by Gerhard Munthe for the 1899 and 1900 editions of the Norwegian editions of Heimskringla. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it.
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