Johan Wilhelm Normann Munthe

Johann Wilhelm Normann Munthe (27 July 1864 – 13 May 1935) was a Norwegian military officer and art collector.

He received a military education at the Cavalry Cadet School (Kavaleriets underoffiserskole) in Trondheim.

Munthe had mastered the Mandarin Chinese language and remained as a cavalry instructor under General Yuan Shikai.

[1] [2] Munthe was an avid collector of Chinese works of arts, and his collection includes porcelain, paintings, costumes, and statues in bronze and marble.

The collection now resides with the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art (Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum) in Bergen.