Karl Edvard Diriks (9 January 1855 – 17 March 1930) was a Norwegian painter.

Biography

He 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), a nephew of maritime officer and lighthouse director Carl Frederik Diriks (1814–1895)., and a cousin of

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. He began to study in Germany where he became acquainted with Norwegian and German painters

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, Hans Gude,

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and

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. He first studied to become an architect at

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from 1874 to 1875. He accompanied Krohg and Klinger to Berlin in the autumn of 1875 as a student at the

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. 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

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. They resided in France between 1899 and 1921. They settled in 1922 at Drøbak. 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

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, 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 The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

, and Officer of the French

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

in 1920.

Gallery

File:Karl Edvard Diriks - Høner, Frankrike (1914).jpg, ''Chickens, France'' (1914) Image:Karl Edvard Diriks - Apres l'orage (1904).jpg, ''After the Storm'' (1904) Image:Karl Edvard Diriks - Isløsning.jpg, ''Thawing Ice'' Image:Karl Edvard Diriks Fra Akershus OB.01383.jpg, ''From

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

'' (1881) Image:Karl Edvard Diriks Fra Frøensjordene OB.00396.jpg, ''From Frøensjordene'' (1880)

References

1855 births 1930 deaths Painters from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in France 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Norwegian portrait painters Norwegian landscape painters Officers of the Legion of Honour People from Frogn 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists {{norway-painter-stub