Niels Moeller Lund



Niels Moeller Lund (Born, Faaborg, Denmark, 1863 - Died, London, 1916) (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. 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.

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
 * John Cooke Esq, Derry City Council
 * Joseph Cooke, Derry City Council