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Peder Mork Mønsted | Plein air / Genre painter | Part. 5



The landscape painter Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859-1941) was famous for the clarity of light general to the painters of the 'golden age' of Danish painting, his pictures of beautiful naturalistic scenery made him the leading Danish landscapist of his age.
Monsted was born in eastern Denmark but later moved to Copenhagen, where he studied at the Academy in 1875-76.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Mønsted see: