Ludvig Munthe

German painter

Ludvig Munthe (11 March 1841 – 30 March 1896) was a Norwegian-born, German 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 Düsseldorf school of painting. A thoroughly realistic treatment characterizes his paintings, of which autumn and winter scenes in stormy or gloomy weather, forest and coast views form the prevailing subjects. He was knighted 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

^ Ludvig Munthe, Maler (Vidar Poulsson in Norsk biografisk leksikon)
^ Ludvig Munthe, maler (Sigurd Willochin Norsk kunstnerleksikon)

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 public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Munthe, Ludvig" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.