Gerhard Munthe

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For the Norwegian historian and cartographer, see Gerhard Munthe (cartographer).
Gerhard Munthe, painted by Christian Krohg (1885)[1]

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 wife Christine Margrethe Pavels Aabel (1827–1887).[2] He was a brother of historian Hartvig Andreas Munthe, writer Margrethe Munthe, and military officer Carl Oscar Munthe. He was also a nephew of historian and cartographer Gerhard Munthe and an uncle of genealogist Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe, librarian Wilhelm Munthe, and painter Lagertha Munthe.[3] 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).[2] Between 1886 and 1890 Bjørn Bjørnson was his stepfather-in-law.[4] Munthe and Sandberg settled in Sandvika and later Lysaker.[2] Also, Munthe had a studio at Ringstabekk for a short period.[5] The couple divorced in 1919, the same year she married Fridtjof Nansen.[2] Munthe was a prolific letter writer, and also published several articles, some of which were collected and published in 1919 as Minder og meninger.[2]

Career

Norges kongesagaer
illustrated by Gerhard Munthe (1914)

When Munthe moved to

National Gallery of Norway.[6] Internationally he took part at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, and elsewhere.[2]

From the 1890s he experimented with

Arts and Crafts style. From 1896 to 1899 he was occupied with illustrating the works of Snorri Sturluson, together with Erik Werenskiold, whom he had met in Munich. Some of his works were woven into large tapestries. He also created monumental decorations, some of which have been lost, as was his house at Lysaker which was consumed by fire in 1982.[7]

Munthe was a member of the selection committee at

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star. He died in Bærum, but was buried in Elverum.[2]

Gallery

  • Kongane kastar terningar om ei bygd på Hisingen (The kings throw dice over a village in Hisingen)
    Kongane kastar terningar om ei bygd på Hisingen (The kings throw dice over a village in Hisingen)
  • Finn Arnesson set spydodden for brystet på Tore Hund (Finn Arnesson set spear point on the chest of Tore Hund)
    Finn Arnesson set spydodden for brystet på Tore Hund
    (Finn Arnesson set spear point on the chest of Tore Hund)
  • Torkjell Fostre etter at han har drepe Einar jarl (Torkjell Fostre after he has killed earl Einar)
    Torkjell Fostre etter at han har drepe Einar jarl (Torkjell Fostre after he has killed earl Einar)
  • Kong Olav sender Karle på Bjarmelandsferd (King Olaf sends Karl to Bjarmelandsferd)
    Kong Olav sender Karle på Bjarmelandsferd
    (King Olaf sends Karl to Bjarmelandsferd)
  • Tapestry by Munthe, "Daughters of the Northern Lights" made in 1897
    Tapestry by Munthe, "Daughters of the Northern Lights" made in 1897

References

  1. ISBN 82-03-15746-7
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Poulsson, Vidar. "Gerhard Munthe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  3. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  4. ^ Noreng, Harald. "Bjørn Bjørnson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  5. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4
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  6. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  7. ^ Norges kongesagaer (Storm, Gustav and Bugge, Alexander, translators and editors. Kristiania: I.M. Stenersens forlag, 1899-1914)

External links

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