He began to study in Germany where he became acquainted with Norwegian and German painters Christian Krohg, Hans Gude, Frits Thaulow and Max Klinger. He first studied to become an architect at Karlsruhe from 1874 to 1875. He accompanied Krohg and Klinger to Berlin in the autumn of 1875 as a student at the Bauakademie.[2]
In the autumn of 1879 he settled in Christiania. On his first trip to Paris in 1882–83, he had become acquainted with Impressionism. He married in 1892, to Swedish-born artist and sculptor Anna Diriks (1870-1932) and settled in Drøbak. They resided in France between 1899 and 1921. They settled in 1922 at Drøbak.[3]
He is known for his naturalist outdoor paintings of clouds, rain squalls, snow flurry, storms and rough seas. He is represented with thirteen works in the National Gallery of Norway, in a number of other Norwegian galleries, and in galleries in France and Germany. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav, and Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 1920. [2][1]
edvard, diriks, karl, january, 1855, march, 1930, norwegian, painter, born, 1855, january, 1855christiania, norwaydied17, march, 1930, 1930, aged, horten, norwaynationalitynorwegianoccupationpainterawardsorder, olavlegion, honourbiography, edithe, born, christ. Karl Edvard Diriks 9 January 1855 17 March 1930 was a Norwegian painter 1 Edvard DiriksBorn 1855 01 09 9 January 1855Christiania NorwayDied17 March 1930 1930 03 17 aged 75 Horten NorwayNationalityNorwegianOccupationPainterAwardsOrder of St OlavLegion of HonourBiography editHe was born in Christiania now Oslo Norway to Christian Ludvig Diriks and Benedicte Henriette Munch He was a grandson of government minister Christian Adolph Diriks 1775 1837 and a nephew of maritime officer and lighthouse director Carl Frederik Diriks 1814 1895 2 He began to study in Germany where he became acquainted with Norwegian and German painters Christian Krohg Hans Gude Frits Thaulow and Max Klinger He first studied to become an architect at Karlsruhe from 1874 to 1875 He accompanied Krohg and Klinger to Berlin in the autumn of 1875 as a student at the Bauakademie 2 In the autumn of 1879 he settled in Christiania On his first trip to Paris in 1882 83 he had become acquainted with Impressionism He married in 1892 to Swedish born artist and sculptor Anna Diriks 1870 1932 and settled in Drobak They resided in France between 1899 and 1921 They settled in 1922 at Drobak 3 He is known for his naturalist outdoor paintings of clouds rain squalls snow flurry storms and rough seas He is represented with thirteen works in the National Gallery of Norway in a number of other Norwegian galleries and in galleries in France and Germany He was decorated Knight First Class of the Order of St Olav and Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 1920 2 1 Gallery edit nbsp Chickens France 1914 nbsp After the Storm 1904 nbsp Thawing Ice nbsp From Akershus 1881 nbsp From Froensjordene 1880 References edit a b Haverkamp Frode Ernst Edvard Diriks In Godal Anne Marit ed Store norske leksikon in Norwegian Retrieved 2 April 2015 a b c Ostby Leif Edvard Diriks Norsk kunstnerleksikon in Norwegian Retrieved 2 April 2015 Karen Marie Ebbesen Anna Diriks Norsk kunstnerleksikon Retrieved 15 September 2016 nbsp This article about a Norwegian painter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edvard Diriks amp oldid 1174417028, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
