Leiv Eirikson discovering America
Christian Krohg · 1893
Christian Krohg
Norway · 1852–1925
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. == Biography == Christian Krohg was born at Vestre Aker (now Oslo), Norway. He was one of five children born to Georg Anton Krohg (1817, 1873) and Sophie Amalia Holst (1822, 1861).
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Leiv Eirikson discovering America
Christian Krohg · 1893
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Albertine i politilægens venteværelse
Christian Krohg · 1880
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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Leiv Eirikson discovering America
Christian Krohg · 1893
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Leiv Eirikson Discovering America (Norwegian: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika) is a painting by Christian Krohg. It depicts the explorer Leif Erikson, together with crewmembers onboard his ship, at the moment he discovers North American land (presumably Newfoundland), as described in the sagas of Icelanders. The painting was made for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and was exhibited along with the Viking ship replica Viking.
Albertine i politilægens venteværelse
Christian Krohg · 1880
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room (Norwegian: Albertine i politilægens venteværelse) is a naturalist painting by the Norwegian artist Christian Krohg, from 1887, showing the scene in a medical waiting-room. Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room is regarded as Krohg's principal work as a social painter. The painting touched upon the taboo subject of sexual life, and led to a heated debate among his contemporaries.
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