Niels Moeller Lund
# 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. 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
