Niels Moeller Lund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Niels Moeller Lund

Danish artist

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1863

Place of Birth: Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1916

Profession: artist, painter, etcher

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.
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.