Stephen Møller

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Stephen Pavia Kristian Møller (born September 17, 1882 in Nuuk , † March 11, 1909 ibid) was a Greenlandic artist .

Life

Stephen Møller was the youngest son of the editor and printer Lars Møller (1842-1926) and his wife Louise Malene Kristiane Rasmussen (1847-1928). His older brother was the photographer John Møller (1867–1935).

Stephen Møller was trained as a printer and xylogographer by his father . From 1905 to 1906 he was an apprentice in Denmark with the xylographist Georg Pauli . On August 19, 1906, Stephen Møller married in Nuuk Hansine Rosine Kirsten Lynge (1886–1941), daughter of the cooper Lars Christian Rasmus Vittus Lynge (1855–1928) and his wife Vitta Pouline Ane Elisabeth Margrethe Elberg (1860–1930). Two of his wife's sisters were married to the brothers Hans Hansen (1890–?) And Nikolaj Hansen (1892–1935). Their son Lars Peter Pavia Klaus Møller was born on June 16, 1907, but died on January 19, 1908 at the age of six months. After his return from Denmark, Stephen Møller worked as a clerk for Inspector Ole Bendixen .

He also created drawings and lithographs , but later switched to oil paintings and watercolors . He is known for his bird pictures and mostly drew very naturalistic . The learning book ABD , which he illustrated , was only published posthumously in 1910.

Stephen Møller founded the Peĸatigîngniat movement in 1907, which first awakened the national consciousness of the Greenlanders. It was continued by Niels Lynge after his death . Stephen Møller died of tuberculosis in 1909 at the age of only 26 . After his death, his widow married the expedition member Jakob Olsen (1890–1936).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
  2. ^ Church records Nuuk 1902-1915 (Born boys p. 14)
  3. ^ Church records Nuuk 1902-1915 (Dead Men p. 164)
  4. ↑ Biography in Weilbach's artist dictionary
personal data
SURNAME Møller, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Møller, Stephen Pavia Kristian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenland artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuuk
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1909
Place of death Nuuk