Collection: Christian Krohg

Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) 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.

He trained under Johan Fredrik Eckersberg, Hans Gude, and Karl Gussow. Among his most cited paintings: The Struggle for Existence. Study, Man overboard, and Albertine i politilægens venteværelse. His principal genres were portrait.