Christian Krohg

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Self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1912
Stakkelse lille : Christian Krohg and daughter Nana, painted in 1891 by his wife Oda Krohg

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

Life

Christian Krohg was a member of the artist community of Skagen painters and exerted a considerable influence on the Danish painter Anna Ancher .

He initially studied law, but his interest in art increased through his friendship with Eilif Peterssen (1852–1928). In 1874 he went to Germany and studied art, first at the Grand Ducal Badische Kunstschule in Karlsruhe under Hans Fredrik Gude (1825–1903), where he met Max Klinger (1857–1920), from 1875 at the Berlin Academy . In 1879 he visited Skagen for the first time together with Frits Thaulow (1847-1906).

His painting Albertine i politilægens venteværelse , exhibited in the National Gallery in Oslo, shows a scene from his novel Albertine , published in 1886, on the subject of prostitution . The publication of the book caused a scandal and was initially confiscated.

He traveled to Paris from 1881 to 1882 , where he was heavily influenced by the art of Édouard Manet (1832-1883) and the Impressionist movement. His encounter with French art can be seen in some of the later works from his time in Skagen, for example in the work Trett (1885) and En mor flitter sin lille datters hår (1888), in which the mother and daughter in the viewer have turned their backs in an unusual way. Its significantly lighter color palette, the broad brushstrokes and the contrasting blue, red and green tones give the picture a deeper texture.

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

In October 1888, Krohg married the painter Oda Krohg (1860–1935), who was also his student. From the marriage two children were born: The daughter Nana (1885-1974) and his son Per (1889-1965), who is also the painting turned.

gallery

  • May 17, 1893

  • Portrait of the painter Erik Werenskiold

  • Christian Krohg, photographed by Martin Finborud (1861–1930)

Web links

Commons : Christian Krohg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Krohg: Albertine. Hamburg: Janssen, 1913. (digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
personal data
SURNAME Krohg, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian genre painter, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Vestre Aker
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1925
Place of death Oslo