Peder Mørk Mønsted (10 December 1859 – 20 June 1941) was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings in a realistic style. His favorite motifs include snowy winter landscapes, still water and forests.Monsted, Peder Mork 1859-1941
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Biography

Mønsted was born at Balle Mølle near

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, 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 receiving painting lessons at the art school in

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. 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

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. In 1882, he spent some time in

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and

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then, the following year, visited Paris, where he worked in the studios of

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. He gradually developed a personal style of academic naturalism. Mønsted was a habitual traveler. In 1889, he went to

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. Three years later, he travelled to

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, where he was a guest of King

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who had been born a Danish prince. While there, he also did portraits of the

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. After that, he visited

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and

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. During his later years, he spent a great deal of time in

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and travelling throughout the Mediterranean. His travels produced numerous sketches that became paintings he presented at several international exhibitions. He was especially popular in

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, where he held several shows at the Glaspalast in Munich. Mønsted died on 20 June 1941 and is buried in Garnison Cemetery, Copenhagen. Most of his works are in private collections. In 1995, a major retrospective, called "Light of the North", was held in

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Selected paintings

File:Peder Mørk Mønsted - Portrait of a Girl, 1887.jpg, Portrait of a Girl, 1887 File:Peder Mønsted - Sleigh ride on a sunny winter day.jpg, ''Sleigh Ride on a Sunny Winter Day'' File:Peder Mønsted - Sunset over a forest lake.jpg, '' Sunset Over a Forest Lake'' File:Peder Mørk Mønsted - Wood in snow.jpg, ''Woods in the Snow'' File:Vingnas, Lillehammer by Peder Mørk Mønsted.jpg, ''Vingnas, Lillehammer'', 1918 File:Peder Mønsted - En strøm gennem dal, rådyr i afstanden.jpg, ''A Stream and a Deer'' File:Peder Mønsted - Spring Landskab.jpg, ''Reflections of Spring'' File:Peder Mønsted - 2.jpg, ''Rural Landscape'' File:Peder Mønsted - Watering the garden.jpg, ''Watering the Garden'' File:Peder Mørk Mønsted - The Woodland Glade.jpg, ''The Woodland Glade'' File:Peder Mønsted - Vinterlandskap.jpg, ''Winter Landscape'' File:A Forest Stream by Peder Mork Monsted.jpg, ''A Forest Stream''

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Mønsted.
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Biography

Selected paintings

See also

References

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