Ludvig Munthe
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Ludvig Munthe (11 March 1841 – 30 March 1896) was a
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 Franz Wilhelm Schiertz, a German painter and architect residing in Norway. Munthe later moved to Düsseldorf where he became a pupil of Albert Flamm at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He subsequently selected Düsseldorf for his permanent residence.[1]
Munthe is associated with the
French Legion of Honour in 1878 and was appointed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1881.[2]
Selected works
- Pine Forest in Winter (1870) Hamburg Gallery
- Skoginteriør (1870) National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
- Potetopptagning (1873) National Gallery, Oslo
- Norsk strandsted (1878) National Gallery, Oslo
- Wood Interior in Winter, with Stags (1878) National Gallery, Oslo - awarded Gold Medal in Paris
- Høst i skogen (1882) National Gallery, Oslo
- Sen høstettermiddag (1882) National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
- Birch Wood in Autumn (1886) National Gallery, Berlin
- Autumn in Holland (1895) National Gallery, Berlin
Gallery
-
Winter Landscape in Evening Light (by 1896) -
Winter Landscape (1868) -
Winter Landscape at Sunset -
Dutch Fishermen (by 1896)
References
Other sources
- Munthe, Sverre (1994) Familien Munthe i Norge (Oslo: S. Munthe) ISBN 978-8299332101
- Malmanger, Magne (1981) Norsk malerkunst fra klassisisme til tidlig realisme (Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet)
Note
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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External links
- 4 artworks by or after Ludwig Munthe at the Art UK site
- Paintings by Ludwig Munthe at MutualArt Services, Inc.
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