The European Art Sale Part I
The European Art Sale Part I
Property From a Distinguished Canadian Private Collection
Peder Mork Monsted
Winter
Auction Closed
January 27, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property From a Distinguished Canadian Private Collection
Peder Monsted
Danish
1859 - 1941
Winter
signed and dated P. Monsted. 1914. (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 32 by 47¾ in.; 83.5 by 122 cm
framed: 41¼ by 56¼ in.; 105.5 by 146 cm
Sale: Christie's London, 24 June 1988, lot 14
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London
This snowy scene epitomizes Mønsted’s photographically crisp winter landscapes. True to his paintings of verdant forests with streams running through them, here too his masterful observation of water and surrounding snow is central to the composition.
Mønsted was born at Balle Mølle near Grenå, in Jutland, the son of a prosperous ship-builder. After 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, and under Peder Severin Krøyer. While visiting Paris in 1883, he worked in the studio of William Bouguereau, under whose tutelage he further honed his rigorous academic style which he applied to landscape.
Mønsted was born at Balle Mølle near Grenå, in Jutland, the son of a prosperous ship-builder. After 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, and under Peder Severin Krøyer. While visiting Paris in 1883, he worked in the studio of William Bouguereau, under whose tutelage he further honed his rigorous academic style which he applied to landscape.