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Christian Krohg
Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909 to 1925.
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culture · Norwegian painter (1852–1925) · painter · professor · writer · journalist · artist · also Christian Krohg, Christian Krogh, Krohg
Born 13 August 1852 · Died 16 October 1925 · Q334200
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1925· 1 entry
Died 1925-10-16.
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1914· 2 entries
Christian Krohg established residence near Frogner Park where he died in 1925
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In 1914, Christian Krohg established residence near Frogner Park where he died in 1925.
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1897· 1 entry
His wife took their son Per and moved to Paris with dramatist Gunnar Heiberg
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1894· 1 entry
And held membership in the Societe Nouvelle de Peintres et de Sculpteurs from 1900
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1889· 1 entry
Was made a Knight in the French Legion of Honour and entered in the Belgian Order of Leopold in 1894
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1888· 1 entry
Oda obtained a divorce from her first husband Jørgen Engelhardt; they were married in that same year
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1885· 1 entry
Their daughter Nana (1885–1974) was born and in 1889 their son muralist Per Lasson Krohg (1889–1965)
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1879· 1 entry
On the encouragement of artist Frits Thaulow, he visited the Skagen artists colony
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1852· 1 entry
Born 1852-08-13.
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