Peder Mork Monsted Painting by Paul Meijering

About "Peder Mork Monsted Painting"

by Paul Meijering

About the artwork

Realistic acrylic portrait of the Danish realistic painter Peder Mork Monsted, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering the original painting is 90 x 120 cm and for sale.

Peder Mork Monsted (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 was born at Balle Molle near Grena, Denmark. He was the son of Otto Christian Monsted 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, Monsted studied under the artist Peder Severin Kroyer. 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. He gradually developed a personal style of academic naturalism.

Monsted was a habitual traveler. 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. 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