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Christian Krohg BIOGRAPHY
1852 Vestre Aker, Norway - 1925 Christiania, Norway. Known for: Naturalist social realist theme painting-figure and genre, illustration.
Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist* painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was the son of lawyer and statesman Georg Anton Krohg (1817-73) and the grandson of Christian Krohg... Read full biography
Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist* painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was the son of lawyer and statesman Georg Anton Krohg (1817-73) and the grandson of Christian Krohg (1777-1828) who was a government minister. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then... Read full biography
Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist* painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was the son of lawyer and statesman Georg Anton Krohg (1817-73) and the grandson of Christian Krohg (1777-1828) who was a government minister. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) (1869-73) and was educated in Germany at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe under Hans Gude, and later worked in Paris from 1881 to 1882. Inspired by the ideas of the realists*, he chose motives... Read full biography
Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist* painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was the son of lawyer and statesman Georg Anton Krohg (1817-73) and the grandson of Christian Krohg (1777-1828) who was a government minister. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) (1869-73) and was educated in Germany at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe under Hans Gude, and later worked in Paris from 1881 to 1882. Inspired by the ideas of the realists*, he chose motives primarily from everyday life - often its darker or socially inferior sides. Particularly well known are his pictures of prostitutes, his novel Albertine from 1886 is about this theme. The book caused a scandal when first published, and was confiscated... Read full biography
Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist* painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was the son of lawyer and statesman Georg Anton Krohg (1817-73) and the grandson of Christian Krohg (1777-1828) who was a government minister. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) (1869-73) and was educated in Germany at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe under Hans Gude, and later worked in Paris from 1881 to 1882. Inspired by the ideas of the realists*, he chose motives primarily from everyday life - often its darker or socially inferior sides. Particularly well known are his pictures of prostitutes, his novel Albertine from 1886 is about this theme. The book caused a scandal when first published, and was confiscated by the police. Krohg's powerful and straightforward style made him one of the leading figures in the transition fro... Read full biography
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Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist* painter, illustrator, author and journalist.
Krohg was the son of lawyer and statesman Georg Anton Krohg (1817-73) and the grandson of Christian Krohg (1777-1828) who was a government minister. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) (1869-73) and was educated in Germany at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe under Hans Gude, and later worked in Paris from 1881 to 1882.
Inspired by the ideas of the realists*, he chose motives primarily from everyday life - often its darker or socially inferior sides. Particularly well known are his pictures of prostitutes, his novel Albertine from 1886 is about this theme. The book caused a scandal when first publ...But wait, there's more...
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