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A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
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A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted

  • Peder Mork Mønsted's masterful handling of color and light is evident in this landscape
  • Its monumental scale invites the viewer to step into the tranquil Danish forest
  • Danish landscapes are the artist's most significant subjects
  • Mønsted has been celebrated among the greatest landscape painters of the Danish Golden Age
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Peder Mørk Mønsted
1859-1941 | Danish 

A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest

Signed and dated "P. Monsted 1917" (lower right)
Oil on canvas

Celebrated as the greatest Danish landscape painter of his time, Peder Mørk Mønsted is renowned for his depictions of the Danish countryside and coastline. In A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest, his skill at capturing the character and mood of a specific place is on full display in this. . .
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Peder Mørk Mønsted
1859-1941 | Danish 

A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest

Signed and dated "P. Monsted 1917" (lower right)
Oil on canvas

Celebrated as the greatest Danish landscape painter of his time, Peder Mørk Mønsted is renowned for his depictions of the Danish countryside and coastline. In A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest, his skill at capturing the character and mood of a specific place is on full display in this monumental landscape. The tranquil winter scene combines Mønsted's attention to detail with his impressionistic sensitivity to light, bringing the beauty of nature to life on canvas.

Born during the latter half of the Danish Golden Age, Mønsted's oeuvre represents a stunning mix of realism, romanticism and modernity. Mønsted's remarkable attention to detail in this snowy landscape is a hallmark of Danish Golden Age painting, while the dramatic lighting and the expert impasto reveal the artist's interest in and mastery of modern techniques. At its grand scale, the painting invites the viewer to step onto the quiet country road to join the two figures gathering sticks for a fire.

Mønsted was born in 1859 in eastern Denmark, in the town of Balle. He began his artistic studies at an early age at Prince Ferdinand's Drawing School in Aarhus, where he worked under the tutelage of the great landscape painter Andries Fritz. In 1875, he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Art. It was there that he fell under the influence of artists such as Christen Købke and Pieter Christian Skovgaard. Their devotion to color and the romanticism of the Danish landscape would prove influential on the young painter. 

After completing his studies, Mønsted traveled extensively and often to Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Italy, North Africa and the Mediterranean. However, the Danish landscape and coastline would remain his favored subjects, and these are still considered to be his most captivating works. His compositions reflect a romantic and highly poetic view of nature, which he ingeniously translated into some of the grandest landscapes of his generation. 

Dated 1917

Canvas: 46 1/2” high x 70” wide (118.1 x 177.8 cm)
Frame: 55 3/4” high x 76 1/4” wide x 2 3/4” deep (141.6 x 193.7 x 7 cm)
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A Winter Day in Hosterkob Forest by Peder Mork Monsted
Maker: Monsted, Peder Mork
Period: 1816-1918
Origin: Denmark
Type: Paintings
Style: Modernism
Depth: 2.75 in. (6.99 cm)
Width: 76.25 in. (193.68 cm)
Height: 55.75 in. (141.61 cm)
Canvas Width: 70.000 in. (177.8 cm)
Canvas Height: 46.500 in. (118.11 cm)
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