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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 145,311 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Christian Krohg is the 426th most popular painter (down from 375th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Norway and the 4th 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 426 out of 1,421Before him are Hans Makart, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Tom of Finland, Carlo Levi, Lyubov Popova, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. After him are José Clemente Orozco, Ary Scheffer, Anna Ancher, Piero Manzoni, Marianne von Werefkin, and Albert Edelfelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Christian Krohg ranks 26Before him are Julius Richard Petri, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Tewfik Pasha, Constantin Fehrenbach, H. H. Asquith, and Paul Bourget. After him are Terauchi Masatake, Edmund Leighton, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Hans Vaihinger, Hipólito Yrigoyen, and Victor Adler. Among people deceased in 1925, Christian Krohg ranks 43Before him are Lovis Corinth, Max Linder, Hjalmar Branting, Moritz Moszkowski, Boris Savinkov, and August von Wassermann. After him are Clément Ader, Nariman Narimanov, Robert Koldewey, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Antti Aarne, and Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Christian Krohg ranks 60 out of 927Before him are Gustav Vigeland (1869), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), Eric II of Norway (1268), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), and Ivar Giaever (1929). After him are Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Alexander Kielland (1849), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), Erna Solberg (1961), Finn E. Kydland (1943), and Magnus Barefoot (1073).

Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Christian Krohg ranks 4Before him are Edvard Munch (1863), Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), and Johan Christian Dahl (1788). After him are Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Frits Thaulow (1847), Hans Gude (1825), Harriet Backer (1845), Oda Krohg (1860), Martinus Rørbye (1803), and Gerhard Munthe (1849).