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Christian Krohg

1852 - 1925

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Krohg is the 370th most popular painter (up from 441st in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Painter.

Christian Krohg is most famous for his painting "The Scream."

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Christian Krohg ranks 370 out of 2,023. Before him are Édouard Vuillard, Asher Brown Durand, Balthus, Ferdinand Bol, Luigi Russolo, and Karel Appel. After him are Sesshū Tōyō, Jean-Marc Nattier, Anna Ancher, Alexander Roslin, Joseph Karl Stieler, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.

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Among people born in 1852, Christian Krohg ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Joffre, Augusta, Lady Gregory, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, and Constantin Fehrenbach. After him are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, H. H. Asquith, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Tewfik Pasha, John Louis Emil Dreyer, and Paul Bourget. Among people deceased in 1925, Christian Krohg ranks 35. Before him are Oliver Heaviside, H. Rider Haggard, John Singer Sargent, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Percy Fawcett, and Karl Abraham. After him are Robert M. La Follette, Christian Michelsen, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Louÿs, Max Linder, and Eugen Sandow.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Christian Krohg ranks 72 out of 1,039. Before him are Finn E. Kydland (1943), Gustav Vigeland (1869), Haakon Sigurdsson (930), Sophus Lie (1842), Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841), and Olaf III of Norway (1050). After him are Christian Michelsen (1857), Sverre of Norway (1145), Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Max Manus (1914), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Nordahl Grieg (1902).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Christian Krohg ranks 3. Before him are Edvard Munch (1863), and Peder Severin Krøyer (1851). After him are Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Harriet Backer (1845), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Hans Gude (1825), Frits Thaulow (1847), Oda Krohg (1860), and Erik Werenskiold (1855).

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