Christian Krohg

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Painting by Christian Krohg showing Leif Eriksson in a yellow tunic standing on a Viking ship, pointing toward land as his crew looks ahead over rough seas.

Christian Krohg

Norwegian painter

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Edvard Munch
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…older painters in the circle, Christian Krohg, gave Munch both instruction and encouragement.
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…older painters in the circle, Christian Krohg, gave Munch both instruction and encouragement.
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Per Krohg
…the son of the painter Christian Krohg and studied under him at the Académie Colarossi (1903–07) in Paris. He also studied under the French painter Henri Matisse from 1907 to 1909. Krohg returned to Norway in 1930, where he taught at the State Art and Craft School (1935–46), afterward being…
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…the son of the painter Christian Krohg and studied under him at the Académie Colarossi (1903–07) in Paris. He also studied under the French painter Henri Matisse from 1907 to 1909. Krohg returned to Norway in 1930, where he taught at the State Art and Craft School (1935–46), afterward being…
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