Christian Krohg

Christian Krohg (1852 - 1925) was a Norwegian painter, author and journalist. Krohg was educated in Germany and worked in Paris from 1881 to 1882. Inspired by the thoughts 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, and his novel Albertine from 1886 is about this theme. The book caused a scandal when first published, and was confiscated by the police.

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1852 - 1925 - Norwegian - Germany - Paris - 1881 - 1882 - Realists - 1886

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Krogh?s powerful and straightforward style made him one of the leading figures in the transition from romanticism to naturalism, characteristic of Norwegian art in this period. Through his periodic residence at Skagen, where he arrived for the first time in 1879, he had great influence on Anna and Michael Ancher.

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Romanticism - Naturalism - Skagen - 1879 - Anna - Michael Ancher

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Krohg was also a journalist in Verdens Gang (1890-1910), and a professor director at Statens Kunstakademi (1909-1925).

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Verdens Gang - 1890 - 1910 - Statens Kunstakademi - 1909 - 1925

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He was married to Oda Krogh, and the father of painter Per Krogh (1889-1965).

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1889 - 1965

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