Christian Krohg

This famous Norwegian artist is really one of my favorites, because it capture a poorer and more brutal part of life. He lived between August 13, 1852 – October 16, 1925 and was a naturalist painter, which pretty much means he followed an art style that focused on realism in a natural milieu, such as life for the social classes deemed lesser and of no beauty, which he would illuminate by depicting what occurs in their daily life, without idolizing it. Ultimately it was a reaction to the Romanticist movement, so his themes are often poorer people and the struggles they went through.

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Leif Eriksson discovers America

one of my favs, "syk pike" which means sick girl and the delecacy and beauty of this is just mind blowing. I hope i can, one day, depict such sensitivity in my work.

well this is also a great picture and this does not give it justice because its a HUGE painting and really overwhelming because of its sheer size. It depicts whores waiting to get tested for STD in Norway, which was mandatory at the time. I especially like the woman in the back, seemingly new at the job...

His interest in realism also ended up with inspiring his famous book on a whore, "albertine", and her daily experience of being a whore, at a time when such social occurrences where not written about