Oda Krohg
Oda Krohg [Uːdaː Kruːg], actually Othilia Pauline Christine Lasson (born June 11, 1860 in Åsgårdstrand , † October 19, 1935 in Oslo ), was a Norwegian landscape and portrait painter .
family
Othilia Pauline Christine, called Oda, was the second daughter of the government lawyer Christian Otto Carl Lasson (1830-1893) and his wife Alexandra Cathrine von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1842-1925). Her maternal grandmother, Anastasia Sergievna Soltikoff, was a Russian princess. Oda grew up in a conservative-liberal family with eight sisters and two brothers. Two of her sisters were the wives of famous painters:
- Alexandra Lasson (1862–1955) and Frits Thaulow married in 1886;
- Sofie Elisabeth Lasson and Holger Drachmann (1873–1917) married in 1903.
The sister Caroline Lasson appeared under her stage name Bokken Lasson (1871-1970) as a cabaret artist and singer.
Life
In 1881 Oda Krohg married the entrepreneur Jørgen Engelhardt (1852–1921). The marriage had two children. But she soon realized that she didn't want to lead life and separated after two years of marriage. Oda moved into her own apartment and studied with the painter Erik Werenskiold and later with Christian Krohg . From then on, painting and living with the artists determined her future path. Together with Edvard Munch , Oda was a central figure of the bohemian artist in Kristiania and was considered the bohemian princess . The group of artists included Christian Krohg, Kalle Løchen , Jappe Nilssen , Hans Jæger and Gunnar Heiberg , among others .
In October 1888 she married her former teacher Christian Krohg, and the mutual relationship resulted in two children, Nana (* 1885) and Per (1889-1965). She spent the summer of 1889 with her husband and Edvard Munch in Aasgaardsstrand on a fjord near Oslo.
In the 1890s the Krohg family moved to Berlin . In 1901 Oda went on a study trip to France , where she later had a studio in the Parisian artists' district of Montparnasse . Within a very short time, she made some acquaintances with the city's most famous artists, including Henri Matisse . In 1903 Krohg exhibited at the Salon de Paris and a year later her first exhibition took place at the Salon d'Automne , in which Oda participated regularly until 1909. During this time she entered into a love affair with the poet and art critic Jappe Nilssen . Oda separated from him and returned to her husband. A little later they returned to Oslo.
Oda Krohg died on October 19, 1935 in Oslo as a result of flu and was buried in the Vår Frelsers Gravlund cemetery.
literature
- Henrik Grevenor: Krohg, Oda . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 563 .
- Krohg, Oda . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 122 .
- Øystein Sjåstad: Krohg, Oda . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 82, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023187-8 , p. 53.
- Ketil Bjørnstad : Oda . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-458-17385-4
- Verena Borgmann, Frank Laukötter (eds.): Oda Krohg. Painter and muse in the circle around Edvard Munch. Wienand, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-86832-087-9
- Hans Jæger : Sick Love . Kiepenheuer, Potsdam 1920. Autobiographical trilogy of novels about Jæger's relationship with Oda Krohg. Volume 1: Homecoming ; Volume 2: Confessions , urn : nbn: no-nb_digibok_2007052410002 ; Volume 3: Prison and Despair
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krohg, Oda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lasson, Othilia Pauline Christine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Åsgårdstrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1935 |
| Place of death | Oslo |