# Knut Monrad

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**Knut Monrad** (March 14, 1913 – June 23, 1987) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norwegians) painter. He has been described as a nature poet that interpreted his experience of nature with rapid, broad brushstrokes.[1] In addition to his activity as a painter, Monrad also worked as a translator of English and Swedish literature.[1]

Monrad was born in [Vestre Aker](/source/Vestre_Aker), the son of Hans Sundt Monrad and Astrid Haslum.[1][2] He studied at the [Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry](/source/Norwegian_National_Academy_of_Craft_and_Art_Industry) under [Karl Høgberg](/source/Karl_H%C3%B8gberg) and at the [Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Norwegian_National_Academy_of_Fine_Arts) under [Jean Heiberg](/source/Jean_Heiberg). During the Second World War he studied in [Bjarne Engebret](/source/Bjarne_Engebret)'s painting school. He began his artistic path relatively late, and he consistently displayed subdued naturalistic expression.[1] Landscapes drawn in broad strokes with a view across the land or sea were his main motif. He often used a limited range of color, with gray or blue-tinted coloring interspersed with green and gray shades. He participated in 42 exhibitions from 1952 to 1980. Among group exhibitions, he took part in the [Autumn Exhibition](/source/H%C3%B8stutstillingen) eight times from 1947 to 1972, twice in the [Southern Norway Exhibition](/source/Southern_Norway_Exhibition) (*Sørlandsutstillingen*, in 1972 and 1978), and once in the [Eastern Norway Exhibition](/source/Eastern_Norway_Exhibition) (*Østlandsutstillingen*, in 1979). He also participated in the [Young Artists Society](/source/Young_Artists_Society)'s anniversary exhibition (1975).

Monrad was part of the artists' colony that developed in [Flosta](/source/Flosta) after the Second World War. Together with artists such as [Ferdinand Finne](/source/Ferdinand_Finne), [Ellen Iden](/source/Ellen_Iden), [Ivar Jerven](/source/Ivar_Jerven), [Kjerstin Øvrelid](/source/Kjerstin_%C3%98vrelid), [Liv Nergaard](/source/Liv_Nergaard), [Finn Strømsted](/source/Finn_Str%C3%B8msted), [Bodil Cappelen](/source/Bodil_Cappelen), and [Finn Henrik Bodvin](/source/Finn_Henrik_Bodvin), an artistic environment was created that drew inspiration from nature and the [skerries](/source/Skerry).[3] Many of Monrad's motifs are drawn from impressions of nature in Flosta, [Tromøy](/source/Trom%C3%B8y_(island)), and [Ytre Møkkalasset Lighthouse](/source/Ytre_M%C3%B8kkalasset_Lighthouse).

Monrad was married twice, to Eva Eriksen and Live Hiorth. He died in [Bærum](/source/B%C3%A6rum).[1]

## References

1. [*Norsk kunstnerleksikon*: Knut Monrad.](https://nkl.snl.no/Knut_Monrad)

1. *Norske malerier: katalog*. 1992. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, p. 331.

1. Opstad, Gunvald. 1991. *Sørlandet og malerne*. Oslo: Aschehoug, p. 211.

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