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Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909 to 1925.
File:Gerhard Munthe (1849).jpg, ''Portrait of the Painter Gerhard Munthe''
File:Christian Krohg - Portrait of the Painter Oda Krohg, b. Lasson - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Oda Krohg'' (Portrait of Oda Krohg. 1888)
File:Christian Krohg - self-portrait (1912).jpg, ''Selvportrett med staffeli'' (Self-portrait with easel. 1912)
Image:Christian Krohg - Albertine to see the Police Surgeon - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Albertine i politilægens venteværelse'' (Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room, 1885–87)
Image:Christian Krohg-Sovende mor med barn 1883.jpg, ''Sovende mor med barn'' (Sleeping mother with child. 1883)
File:Christian Krohg - Braiding her Hair - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Håret flettes'' (The hair is being braided. 1882)
File:Christian Krohg - Tired - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Trett'' (Tired. 1885)
Christian Krohg - Leiv Eirikson discovering America - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Leiv Eriksson oppdager Amerika'' (Leiv Eirikson Discovering America. 1893)
Image:Christian Krohg - Babord litt.jpg, ''Babord litt'' (Port side. 1879)
Image:Christian Krohg - Silda Kommer - IMG 9340.jpg, ''Silda Kommer'' (Herring upcoming)
Image:Krohg-17.mai.1893.jpg, '' 17 mai 1893'' (May 17, 1893)
Christian Krohg at the National Museum (Oslo)Christian Krohg at Skagens Museum
Digitized books by Christian Krohg
at National Library of Norway * *
MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository)
Illustrations created by Christian Krohg for the 1899 and 1900 editions of the Norwegian editions of Heimskringla. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. {{DEFAULTSORT:Krohg, Christian 1852 births 1925 deaths University of Oslo alumni Artists from Oslo Writers from Oslo Norwegian journalists Norwegian editors Skagen Painters Realist artists 19th-century journalists 19th-century Norwegian male writers 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters 20th-century male writers Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Recipients of the Legion of Honour Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists
Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909 to 1925.
Biography
Christian Krohg was born at Vestre Aker (now Oslo), Norway. He was one of five children born to Georg Anton Krohg (1817–1873) and Sophie Amalia Holst (1822–1861). He was a grandson ofChristian Krohg
Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and s ...
(1777–1828) who had served as a government minister. His father was a civil servant, journalist and author. His mother died when he was only 8 years old, and his father's sister took over responsibility for the household and the upbringing of the children. From 1861, he attended Hartvig Nissen School
The Hartvig Nissen School ( no, Hartvig Nissens skole), informally referred to as Nissen, is a gymnasium in Oslo, Norway. It is located in the neighborhood Uranienborg in the affluent West End borough of Frogner. It is Norway's oldest high sch ...
.
His father had asked him to pursue a legal career. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) graduating cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
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in 1873, the same year in which his father died. During 1869–70, he had also studied at the art school of Johan Fredrik Eckersberg at Lille Grensen in Christiania. He was additionally educated in Germany, first at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe under Hans Gude in 1874. He also trained under Karl Gussow from 1875. He followed with study at the Königliche Akademie in Berlin from 1875 to 1878.
He was awarded the Schäffer's legacy (1876–77) and received a government travel allowance during 1877–78 and in 1881. In 1879, on the encouragement of artist Frits Thaulow, he visited the Skagen artists colony. He returned to Skagen in 1882–84 and 1888. Through his periodic future residence at Skagen, he would influence other artists including Anna and Michael Ancher and provided early support to Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images.
His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...
.
Krohg worked in Paris from 1881 to 1882. Inspired by the ideas of the realists he chose motifs primarily from everyday life – often its darker or socially inferior sides. Prostitution is the subject of his painting '' Albertine i politilægens venteværelse'', and Krohg also wrote a novel about the depicted scene. The novel, '' Albertine'', caused a scandal when first published, and it was confiscated by the police.
Krohg's style made him a leading figure in the transition from romanticism to naturalism.
Krohg was the founding and editor-in-chief of the Kristiania Bohemian journal, '' Impressionisten'' from 1886 until 1890. He then became a journalist for the Oslo newspaper '' Verdens Gang'' from 1890 to 1910. Christian Krohg was also associated with ''Politiken'' 1893–1894.
He taught at Académie Colarossi
The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an art school in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor Filippo Colarossi. It was originally located on the Île de la Cité, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the ...
in Paris from 1902 until 1909. Later he became a professor-director at the Norwegian Academy of Arts (''Statens Kunstakademi'') from 1909 until 1925.
There are notable collections of art by Christian Krohg in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo and at Skagens Museum in Denmark.
Awards and honors
Christian Krohg received numerous national and international awards during his career. In 1889, he was made a Knight in the French Legion of Honour and entered in the BelgianOrder of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to:
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in 1894.
He served as Norwegian Commissioner at the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers at Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
in 1894 and held membership in the Societe Nouvelle de Peintres et de Sculpteurs from 1900. Krohg was made a Knight 1st Class in the Order of St. Olav
The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...
in 1900 and received the Command Cross in 1910.
Personal life
He was married to artistOda Krohg
Oda Krohg (born Othilia Pauline Christine Lasson; 11 June 1860 – 19 October 1935) was a Norwegian painter, and the wife of her teacher and colleague Christian Krohg.
Biography
She was the second daughter of public attorney Christian ...
(née Lasson; 1860–1935). In 1885, their daughter Nana (1885–1974) was born and in 1889 their son muralist Per Lasson Krohg
Per Lasson Krohg (18 June 1889 – 3 March 1965) was a Norwegian artist. He is best known for the mural he created for the United Nations Security Council Chamber, located in the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
Biography
Per Kroh ...
(1889–1965). In 1888 Oda obtained a divorce from her first husband Jørgen Engelhardt; they were married in that same year. In 1897, his wife took their son Per and moved to Paris with dramatist Gunnar Heiberg
Gunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg (18 November 1857 – 22 February 1929) was a Norway, Norwegian poet, playwright, journalist and theatre critic.
Personal life
He was born in Oslo, Christiania a son of judge Edvard Omsen Heiberg (1829–1884) and his w ...
. They were later reconciled. In 1914, Christian Krohg established residence near Frogner Park where he died in 1925. Oda Krohg died in 1935. Both were buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.
A bronze statue of Krohg by sculptors Per Hurum
Per Hurum (2 June 1910 – 5 December 1989) was a Norwegian sculptor.
Biography
Hurum was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Hans Hurum (1869–1934) and Anna Ording (1876–1956). His brother was music critic Hans Jørg ...
and Asbjørg Borgfelt
Asbjørg Borgfelt (31 October 1900 – 5 June 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor.
Personal life
Borgfelt was born on 31 October 1900 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt (1872-1936) and Magnhild Telma Sæ ...
was erected at the crossing of Lille Grensen-Karl Johans gate in Oslo in 1960.
Gallery
Portraits
Social realism
References
Other sources
*Thue, Oscar (1997) ''Christian Krohg'' (Oaslo: Aschehoug) *Thue, Oscar (1971) ''Christian Krohgs portretter'' (Oslo: Gyldendal) * Bryne, Arvid (2009) ''Christian Krohg. Journalisten'' (Oslo: Unipub Forlag)External links
Christian Krohg at the National Museum (Oslo)
Digitized books by Christian Krohg
at National Library of Norway * *
MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository)
Illustrations created by Christian Krohg for the 1899 and 1900 editions of the Norwegian editions of Heimskringla. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. {{DEFAULTSORT:Krohg, Christian 1852 births 1925 deaths University of Oslo alumni Artists from Oslo Writers from Oslo Norwegian journalists Norwegian editors Skagen Painters Realist artists 19th-century journalists 19th-century Norwegian male writers 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters 20th-century male writers Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Recipients of the Legion of Honour Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists