An Italian Pergola. To Help You Through The Forthcoming Winter.

“In The Shadow Of An Italian Pergola”.

Artist: Peder Mørk Mønsted.

Date: 1895.

Illustration: TWITTER, ACADEMIA AESTHETICS

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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 favourite motifs include Snowy Winter Landscapes, Still Water, and Forests.[1][2]

English: The painter, Peder Mønsted, at the easel.

Dansk: Maleren Peder Mønsted ved staffeliet.

Artist: Sigvard Hansen  (1859–1938).

Date: 1895.

Source/Photographer: bruun-rasmussen.dk

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Mønsted was born at Balle Mølle, near Grenå, 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 Aarhus.

From 1875 to 1879, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, with Niels Simonsen and Julius Exner.

In 1878, Mønsted studied under the Artist, Peder Severin Krøyer. 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.[3][2]