Christian Krohg

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Christian Krohg (August 13, 1852 – October 16, 1925), was a Norwegian naturalist 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. 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.

Krohg was a journalist in the Oslo newspaper Verdens Gang 1890-1910, where he wrote remarkable portrait interviews. Later he became a professor director at Statens Kunstakademi (The Norwegian Academy of Arts) 1909-1925.

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

«Albertine i politilægens venteværelse» (Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room), 1885-87 at National Gallery of Norway	«Kampen for tilværelsen» (Struggle for existence) 1888-89 300x225cm in the National Gallery of Norway	«Trett» (Tired)	«Selvportrett med staffeli» (Self-portrait with canvas)
«Sovende mor med barn» (Sleeping mother with child)	«Håret flettes» (The hair is combed)	«17. mai» (17 May)	«Oda Krohg» 1886