Niels Moeller Lund

Niels Moeller Lund (Born, Faaborg, Denmark, 1863 - Died, London, 1916) (Danish: Niels Møller Lund) was a Danish artist. He grew up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. He is known for his impressionistic paintings of England, particularly London and the North-East.^[1] His most well known painting - The Heart Of The Empire - hangs in the Guildhall Art Gallery. It provided inspiration for Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith's painting of the same name, which also depicted Threadneedle Street.^[2]

The Heart of the Empire, Niels Moeller Lund, 1904

Works

• Attack on the Japanese Battery at Shimonoseki, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
• After Rain, Shipley Art Gallery
• A Winter's Night, Laing Art Gallery
• Corfe Castle, Dorset, Laing Art Gallery
• Mid the Wild Music of the Glen, Laing Art Gallery
• Newcastle upon Tyne from Gateshead, Laing Art Gallery
• Newcastle upon Tyne from the East, Laing Art Gallery
• The Heart of the Empire, Guildhall Art Gallery
• The 'Revenge' leaving Jarrow
• John Cooke Esq, Derry City Council
• Joseph Cooke, Derry City Council