Christian Krohg

Christian Krohg ( born August 13, 1852 in Vestre Aker in Oslo, † October 16th 1925 in Oslo) was a Norwegian genre painter, author and journalist.

Life

He was a member of the artistic community of the Skagen painters and exerted a considerable influence on the Danish painter Anna Ancher from.

In 1874 he went to Germany to study art, first at the Grand Ducal Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe under Hans Fredrik Gude, where he met Max Klinger, 1875 at the Berlin Academy.

His painting Albertine i politilægens venteværelse, which is exhibited in the National Gallery in Oslo, shows a scene from his novel Albertine, which appeared in 1886 and dealt with the issue of prostitution. The publication of the book caused a scandal and it was first seized.

From 1890 to 1910 Krohg worked as a journalist at the newspaper Verdens Gang. From 1909 to 1925 he was professor at the Art Academy in Oslo, whose director he was also.

Krohg married in October 1888, the painter Oda Krohg ( 1860-1935 ), who was also his student. From this marriage two children were born: The daughter Nana (* 1885) and the son of Per Krohg ( 1889-1965 ), who also turned to painting.

Gallery

Portrait of the painter Erik Werenskiold

Christian Krohg, photographed by Martin Finborud (1861-1930)