Tired (Trett)
1885 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 79.5 × 61.5 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Tired is a painting that was based off of Krohg's banned novel Albertine. The novel and the paintings focus on the title character Albertine who is an unmarried seamstress that is forced into prostitution by the social system of the time. The debate following the banning of the published work ultimately ended in the abolition of prostitution in Norway.
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Tired (Trett) (1885) by Christian Krohg, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Christian Krohg
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 motives from everyday life. He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909 to 1925.
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