Peder Mork Monsted is a realistic landscape painting artist who was born in 1859 in Denmark. He joined Academy of Copenhagen at the age of sixteen. But yhe left the academy after four years and studied art with Peder Severin and Bouguereau. Peder was font of traveling and he explored North Africa and Europe. His outdoor visits and sketched helped him a lot in his works. His style can be termed as “academic” and most of his paintings were characterized with a touch of light. Peder Monsted died at the age of 82.
Peder Monsted paintings are noted for its amazing realism. He was more focused on painting landscapes and nature scenes. Here are some of the selected paintings of this great artsist.
Peder Monsted Paintings
I love your sunrise – Masterfully rendered.
Thank you.
One question,How long did it take to paint them? realism calls for application of many layers to achieve that effect and this seems to have taken in many layers i suppose.