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.
Born at the end of the "Golden Age" of Danish painting (from around 1800 to 1860), Peder Mønsted established his reputation primarily as a naturalist landscape artist—especially admired for his poetic point of view.
His first artistic training was at the Prince Ferdinand School of Art in Aarhus, Denmark where he studied with the landscape painter Andreas Fritz, who influenced the young artist’s development.
Mønsted then entered the Copenhagen Academy in 1875, but he left in 1879 without taking his final examination, choosing instead to continue his studies independently with established artists, including the Danish Realist genre and landscape painter Peder Severin Krøyer and French Academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
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