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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Krohg has received more than 161,013 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Christian Krohg is the 441st most popular painter (down from 425th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 60th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Christian Krohg ranks 441 out of 2,023. Before him are Erich Heckel, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, José Clemente Orozco, Salaì, Cennino Cennini, and Françoise Gilot. After him are Michael Ancher, Jan Lievens, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Louise Moillon, Johan Christian Dahl, and Fede Galizia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Christian Krohg ranks 29. Before him are Terauchi Masatake, Paul Bourget, Calamity Jane, Julius Richard Petri, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Hipólito Yrigoyen. After him are Victor Adler, Pietro Gasparri, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Hans Vaihinger, Edmund Leighton, and Ion Luca Caragiale. Among people deceased in 1925, Christian Krohg ranks 40. Before him are H. Rider Haggard, Pierre Louÿs, Clément Ader, Johann Palisa, Max Linder, and Lovis Corinth. After him are Boris Savinkov, Robert Koldewey, August von Wassermann, Michel Verne, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, and Nariman Narimanov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Christian Krohg ranks 63 out of 1,039. Before him are Camilla Collett (1813), Einar Gerhardsen (1897), Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930), Harald Greycloak (935), Arne Garborg (1851), and Alexander Kielland (1849). After him are Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841), Eric II of Norway (1268), Magnus IV of Norway (1115), Finn E. Kydland (1943), and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Christian Krohg ranks 4. Before him are Edvard Munch (1863), Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), and Oda Krohg (1860). After him are Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Frits Thaulow (1847), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Hans Gude (1825), Harriet Backer (1845), Erik Werenskiold (1855), and Martinus Rørbye (1803).

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