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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.
Known works
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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