Christian Mourier-Petersen

Christian Vilhelm Mourier-Petersen (26 November 1858 at Holbækgård, Randers – 19 May 1945 in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter.

Mourier-Petersen, graduated in 1878, studied medicine, graduated under Carl F. Andersen, and attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from April 1880 to early 1883.

He was then at the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler (Artists' Free Study Schools) under Laurits Tuxen from 1883 to 1886.

[2] In May 1888 he travelled to Paris, where he rented a studio from Theo van Gogh, the painter's brother.

He was also employed by Royal Copenhagen as an artist (signature in underglaze) in the period 1894–95.

House in garden , oil on canvas, 1890. Van Gogh Museum .