Per Krohg
Per Krohg with the models Lucy Vidil (left), his future wife, and Céline Coupet in the studio of the sculptor Cecil Howard , photo around 1912
Per Lasson Krohg (born June 18, 1889 in Åsgårdstrand , † March 3, 1965 ) was a Norwegian artist. He was the son of the painter Christian Krohg and the painter Oda Krohg .
While Krohg studied painting at the Académie Scandinave in Paris , he portrayed Kiki from Montparnasse in 1928 ( Kiki Nude , Kiki ).
Krohg created the large painting in the meeting room of the United Nations Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York City . He also worked as a book illustrator, e.g. B. for Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen.
literature
- Per Krohg: Memoarer: minner og meninger. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1966
- Per Krohg. A retrospective loan exhibition of oil paintings. Galerie St (Saint) Etienne, New York [including] Galerie Saint Etienne <New York>. - Washington: HK Press, 1954
Web links
- Google images: Per Lasson Krohg
- Kiki of Montparnasse - Selected Works ( Kiki Nude and Kiki , both 1928)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krohg, Per |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krohg, Per Lasson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Åsgårdstrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1965 |