Niels Moeller Lund was a Danish artist

Artist

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. He grew up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and studied at the Académie Julian

Académie Julian

The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...

 in Paris

Paris

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. He is known for his impressionistic paintings of England

England

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, particularly London

London

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 and the North-East

North East England

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. His most well known painting - The Heart Of The Empire - hangs in the Guildhall Art Gallery

Guildhall Art Gallery

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. It provided inspiration for Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith

Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith

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's painting of the same name, which also depicted Threadneedle Street

Threadneedle Street

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. Other works of Lund's hang in the Shipley Art Gallery

Shipley Art Gallery

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 and the Laing Art Gallery

Laing Art Gallery

The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England is located on New Bridge Street. It was opened in 1904 and is now managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In front of the gallery is the Blue Carpet.The gallery holds oil paintings,...

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