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.

Through his periodic future residence at Skagen, he would influence other artists including Anna and Michael Ancher and provided early support to Edvard Munch.

Inspired by the ideas of the realists he chose motifs primarily from everyday life – often its darker or socially inferior sides.

Prostitution is the subject of his painting Albertine i politilægens venteværelse, and Krohg also wrote a novel about the depicted scene.

[citation needed] Krohg's style made him a leading figure in the transition from romanticism to naturalism.

In 1889, he was made a Knight in the French Legion of Honour and entered in the Belgian Order of Leopold in 1894.

Krohg was made a Knight 1st Class in the Order of St. Olav in 1900 and received the Command Cross in 1910.

[7][8] A bronze statue of Krohg by sculptors Per Hurum and Asbjørg Borgfelt was erected at the crossing of Lille Grensen-Karl Johans gate in Oslo in 1960.