Ludvig Munthe

Düsseldorf Stadttheater and Alleestraße, 1891

Ludvig Munthe (1841–1896) was a Norwegian-born German landscape painter.

Biography

He was born at Aaröen, near Sogndal. He was first instructed by Schiertz, a German painter and architect at Bergen, and then became a pupil of Albert Flamm at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, which he subsequently selected for his permanent residence. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Works

A thoroughly realistic treatment characterizes his paintings, of which autunm and winter scenes in stormy or gloomy weather, forest and coast views form the prevailing subjects, and which may be judged by such specimens as:

• “Pine Forest in Winter” (1870), Hamburg Gallery
• “Wood Interior in Winter, with Stags” (1878), National Gallery, Christiania, which was awarded the gold medal in Paris
• “Birch Wood in Autumn” (1886)
• “Autumn in Holland” (1895), both in National Gallery, Berlin

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Munthe, Ludvig". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 

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