[1] In addition to his activity as a painter, Monrad also worked as a translator of English and Swedish literature.
He began his artistic path relatively late, and he consistently displayed subdued naturalistic expression.
[1] Landscapes drawn in broad strokes with a view across the land or sea were his main motif.
Monrad was part of the artists' colony that developed in Flosta after the Second World War.
[3] Many of Monrad's motifs are drawn from impressions of nature in Flosta, Tromøy, and Ytre Møkkalasset Lighthouse.