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Louis Moe (20 April 1857 – 23 October 1945) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and writer who settled in
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illustrations by Louis Moe from Victorian and Edwardian retellings of Norse Mythology. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moe, Louis 1857 births 1945 deaths People from Arendal 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century male artists 20th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century Danish painters 20th-century Danish painters 19th-century Danish illustrators 20th-century Danish illustrators Norwegian illustrators Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Norwegian emigrants to Denmark Naturalised citizens of Denmark Norwegian graphic designers Danish graphic designers Norwegian children's book illustrators Danish children's book illustrators Burials at the Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen
Louis Moe (20 April 1857 – 23 October 1945) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and writer who settled in Denmark
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He is known for his many book illustrations, illustrated classical works, fairytales, children's books and books on mythology, and contributed to children's magazines and weekly magazines. He is represented in the National Gallery in Oslo, and the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen.
Personal life
Moe was born inArendal
Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...
to a dentist, Halvor Georg Theodor Moe, and Hansine Constance Halling. He was a nephew of priest and labour movement pioneer, Honoratus Halling
Honoratus Halling (14 November 1819 – 9 April 1886) was a Norwegian priest, magazine editor and non-fiction writer.
He was born at Odalen (now Nord-Odal) in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Peter Herman Halling (1777–182 ...
. He married Inger Møller in 1897.
Career
Moe studied with sculptorJulius Middelthun
Julius Olavus Middelthun (3 July 1820 – 5 May 1886) was a Norwegian sculptor and educator. He is most associated with his busts and statues.
Biography
Middelthun was born at Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Georg Middelthun (17 ...
in Christiania, and later at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, and eventually settled in Denmark, becoming a naturalized Danish citizen in 1919. He is best known for his many book illustrations. He illustrated classical works as well as fairytales and children's books. He was also a graphic artist, and several of his works had decadent erotic motifs, such as naked women with monsters or animals.
Among his paintings are ''Portrettgruppe'' (portrait group) from 1887, ''Jætteætt'' (1888), ''Bondepige fra Norges Vestkyst'' (farmer girl from the West Coast of Norway) from 1891, and ''Drageoffer'' (Dragon victim) from 1894.
From 1897 he regularly spent several months every year at his summer farm Juvlandsæter in Vrådal
Vrådal, formerly spelled Wraadahl, is a village in Kviteseid municipality, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost ...
in Kviteseid, Norway, and Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
was an important source of inspiration for his artistical work. He published the book ''Langt, langt borte i Skoge!'' (Far, far away in the woods) in 1904. Solveig Muren Sanden from Vrådal, one of the first significant female Norwegian comics illustrators, was guided by Moe as a young girl.
Moe's illustrations of classical literature include an 1898 edition of Saxo Grammaticus' '' Gesta Danorum'', the Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
'' Poetic Edda'', and works by Johan Herman Wessel
Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized by the use of parody and satiric wit.
Biography
Wessel was born and raised at Vest ...
and Ludvig Holberg. Among his mythological works is the illustration of Tvermose-Thyregod's ''Oldemoders Fortælling om Nordens Guder'' (Great grandmother's story of Norse Gods) (1890), ''Ragnarok. En Billeddigtning'' from 1929, and ''Valkyrjen'' from 1931. Moe delivered illustrations to the children's magazine ''Magne'' and the weekly magazine ''Norsk Ukeblad
''Norsk Ukeblad'' (English: “Norwegian Weekly Magazine”) is a Norwegian language weekly family magazine published in Oslo, Norway.
History and profile
''Norsk Ukeblad'' was established in 1933. It is owned by the Egmont Group and published ...
'' for many years.
Moe is represented in the National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
in Oslo, the Danish Museum of Art & Design
The Designmuseum Denmark () is a museum in Copenhagen for Danish and international design and crafts. It features works of famous Danish designers like Arne Jacobsen, Jacob Jensen and Kaare Klint, who was one of the two architects who remodeled ...
in Copenhagen and in ''Rasmus Meyers Samlinger'' in Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
, and a ''Louis Moe Gallery'' has been established in Vrådal. He was decorated Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...
in 1931. He died in Copenhagen in 1945.
References
Further reading
*External links
Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
illustrations by Louis Moe from Victorian and Edwardian retellings of Norse Mythology. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moe, Louis 1857 births 1945 deaths People from Arendal 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century male artists 20th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century Danish painters 20th-century Danish painters 19th-century Danish illustrators 20th-century Danish illustrators Norwegian illustrators Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Norwegian emigrants to Denmark Naturalised citizens of Denmark Norwegian graphic designers Danish graphic designers Norwegian children's book illustrators Danish children's book illustrators Burials at the Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen